Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Haiti (Ratification: 1958)

1. The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It recalls the communications from the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) dated 24 May 2002, and the Coordination Syndicale Haitienne (CSH) dated 26 August 2002.

2. Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Equal remuneration for work of equal value. The Committee notes the statement by CSH that men and women performing the same jobs received the same remuneration. In this regard the Committee wishes to emphasize that the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value is not limited to comparing remuneration of men and women performing the same jobs. In accordance with the equal remuneration principle of the Convention it is also necessary to compare jobs performed by men and women which are different, but nevertheless of the same value. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any measures taken or envisaged to promote the Convention’s principle, in cooperation with workers’ and employers’ organizations, through awareness raising and training activities.

3. Promotional measures. Noting that according to the ICFTU there are limited employment opportunities for both urban and rural women, the Committee reiterates its previous request to the Government to provide information on measures taken or envisaged by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour to promote equal levels of men’s and women’s remuneration through vocational training and occupational skills development. Please indicate how the advancement of women in employment and the promotion of equality between men and women are taken into account in these measures.

4. Article 3. Objective job appraisal. The Committee had previously noted that the National Tripartite Committee, which is responsible, inter alia, for carrying out an objective job appraisal for the purpose of fixing wages in agreement with the competent service of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, does not seem to have carried out such an appraisal to date. The Committee therefore asks the Government to provide information on any measures taken to promote the development and use of methods for the objective evaluation of jobs on the basis of the work performed, including any activities carried out by the National Tripartite Committee in this regard.

5. Part V of the report form. Statistical information. The Committee reiterates its previous request to the Government to provide statistical information with its report, disaggregated by sex, on the earning levels of men and women, and on their respective rates of participation in the labour market and at different levels of remuneration.