Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

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

1. Article 2(1) of the Convention. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, the policies generated through the Ministry of Labour’s Special Labour Inspection, Supervision and Control Unit and implemented under its action plan make no distinction on grounds of sex and are based on the Constitution and the labour law in force. The Committee points out however that it is not enough to apply apparently neutral measures in order to promote and secure effective application of the principle of the Convention, and hopes that the Government will consider the possibility of providing specific training on the Convention for staff of the above Unit so that through their work they can contribute to ensuring that the Convention is fully applied. The Committee therefore asks the Government to send details of the action plan together with information on any training courses held. It also renews its request for information on the Unit’s activities to promote and enforce the principle of the Convention and on the number of complaints to judicial or administrative bodies on grounds of wage discrimination based on sex.

2. With regard to points 1 and 4 of its previous direct request, which concerned respectively the measures adopted or foreseen to facilitate the application of the principle laid down in the Convention and the job appraisal methods used in large enterprises, the Committee asks the Government to provide the information requested on these points.