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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Kyrgyzstan (Ratification: 1992)

Failure to provide information on the application of the Convention

1. Articles 1 to 4 of the Convention. The Committee notes that for a number of years the Government has not submitted a report on the application of the Convention. Noting in particular the adoption of the Labour Code in 1997, as amended in 2003, the Committee urges the Government to provide detailed information in its next report on the application of all the provisions of the Convention and on all points included in the report form adopted by the Governing Body on the Convention. Please provide information specifically on the following matters:

(a)  the definition of remuneration;

(b)  the criteria and methods used to determine rates of remuneration;

(c)  any objective job evaluation exercises carried out in the private or public sector;

(d)  how the principle of equal remuneration between men and women workers for work of equal value is promoted and ensured in practice, in both the private and public sectors; and

(e)  the involvement of workers’ and employers’ organizations in giving effect to the principle.

2. Part V of the report form. Practical application. Gender wage gap. The Committee notes from the Government’s report submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW/C/KGZ/2, 7 October 2002) that in 2001 the average monthly wage of women was 67.6 per cent of the average monthly wage of men. It also notes the statement in the report that women earn less than men due to the fact that they work in sectors of the economy that are less well paid compared to the sectors where men work. The Committee asks the Government to provide information with its next report on measures taken or envisaged to combat the wage differentials between men and women and to increase the number of women in male-dominated sectors. It also asks the Government to provide statistical information, disaggregated by sex, which will allow the Committee to evaluate adequately the nature, extent and causes of salary differentials between men and women.

3. Part III of the report form. Enforcement. The Committee asks the Government to provide information in its next report on the measures that have been taken to ensure supervision of the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value and, in particular, the activities of the labour inspectorate (training of inspectors, inspections undertaken, infringements recorded, sanctions imposed and court cases). It also asks the Government to provide information on the activities of other bodies responsible for ensuring respect for the principle of the Convention.