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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - French Polynesia

The Committee notes the Government's report, in particular the detailed activities report of the Agency for Employment and Vocational Training (AEFP) for 1996.

1. The Committee notes that the Government's report does not contain a reply to its previous direct request in which it asked for a description of the method used for registering job offers from employers, since analysis of the offers registered with the AEFP showed that the Agency allowed an enterprise seeking a worker to register its wishes regarding the worker's sex, despite Decision No. 91-004 of 1991 which proscribes a mention of the sex or family situation of workers sought. The Committee notes, moreover, the statistics provided with the Government's reports under Conventions Nos. 111 and 122 which show that, for 1991, job offers linked to the sex of the worker were common: 61 per of the total were offered for men; 24 per cent for women; and only 14 per cent of offers were made irrespective of sex. In its most recent report, the Government supplies statistics for 1995 and 1996 in regard to job offers as follows: 39 per cent for each year for men; 25 per cent and 22 per cent respectively for women; 35 per cent and 40 per cent respectively for candidates of both sexes. In explanation, the Government refers to Order No. 412 CM of 14 May 1993 which lays down, in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the list of jobs and occupations for which it is an inherent requirement to belong to one sex or the other: actors called on to interpret either a female role or a male role, mannequins required to present clothes and accessories, and male and female models.

2. Recalling the provisions of Article 3(e) of the Convention regarding observance of the national policy of equality irrespective of, inter alia, the worker's sex in the activities of placement services, and paragraph 94 of its 1996 Special Survey on equality in employment and occupation, the Committee again requests the Government to supply a description of the method used by the AEFP in registering job offers from employers so that the Committee can verify whether the offers comply with the Convention and the Order of 14 May 1993 cited by the Government. The Committee also requests copies of the offers which are made for only male workers or only female workers.