Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Greece (Ratification: 1975)

The Committee notes the information in the Government’s report and the attached documentation.

1. The Committee notes that the Government’s report indicates that Act No. 2738/99 ensures for public officials the right to bargain collectively on conditions of employment. Moreover, the Committee notes that the new Code on the Conditions of Service of Officials and Employees of the Public Administration and Public Entities expressly provides in section 46(4) the right of trade unions to bargain with the competent authorities on the remuneration of their members. The Committee asks the Government to supply any relevant collective agreements negotiated in the public service. It also asks the Government to provide a copy of Act No. 2470/1997.

2. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the methodology used in wage setting, through collective negotiation or otherwise, to ensure that sex stereotyping or other such gender bias does not enter into the process.

3. The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government in response to its request on the vocational training programme financed by the European Social Fund and asks the Government to indicate the impact of these activities on the employment and earnings levels of women.

4. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that the Labour Inspectors and the Services of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Administration are entrusted with the supervision of the application of the legislation relating to the content of the Convention. In this regard, the Committee asks the Government to provide information on how equal pay is supervised, including information on the methods used, the existence of complaints and the manner in which complaints have been dealt with including any remedies and sanctions applied.

5. The Committee asks the Government to supply statistical data for both the public and the private sectors in accordance with its 1998 general observation on the Convention.