Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Colombia (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its two reports.

For several years the Committee has been pointing to the need to amend the Labour Code in order to establish expressly the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value so as to bring the national legislation into conformity with the Convention. The Committee notes that section 5 of Act No. 823 of 10 July 2003 establishing rules on equal opportunities for women lays down a principle which is narrower than that of the Convention in that it refers to equal pay for "equal work" and not "work of equal value", and thus does not provide for the possibility of comparing work which is different but warrants equal pay. The Committee asks the Government to consider amending the abovementioned provision in order to bring it into line with the principle enshrined in Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

The Committee is also sending a direct request concerning other matters.