Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Madagascar (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee takes note of the information provided in the Government's brief report.

1. The Committee notes the adoption, on 4 November 1994, of Labour Code No. 94-029 which it had referred to in previous comments. It notes, however, that section 64 does not contain, as had been assured by the Government in an earlier report, the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, but rather uses the expression "for the same level of qualification, the same work and the same production, wages are equal for all workers ...". This constitutes a narrower formulation of the principle of equal pay than is set out in the Convention. The Committee observes once again that the Government had benefited from the technical assistance of the Office in the elaboration of the draft and that the introduction of the concept of equal remuneration for work of equal value would have improved the former text on which the Committee had made comments for many years. The Committee hopes that the necessary measures will be taken to amend the Code in conformity with the Convention and requests the Government to inform it of any developments in this regard.

2. The Committee notes that the Government's report contains no reply to one of its previous comments. It hopes that the next report will include full information on this matter, which reads as follows:

REPETITION 2. The Committee notes that the Government has initiated a series of surveys and studies on, inter alia, the links between employment training and remuneration, and on manpower classifications. It notes in particular that the survey on the analysis of job content and qualifications conducted with the assistance of the UNDP, the World Bank and the ILO has made it possible to carry out an evaluation of jobs in certain sectors (agriculture, agro-food industry, construction, public works) and that it will serve as a basis for a new definition of occupational classifications by sector. It would be grateful if the Government would provide the results of the survey on the job and qualifications analysis and a copy of the new occupational classifications based on the survey. It also asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to gradually extend the job evaluation to all branches of economic activity.