Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Côte d'Ivoire (Ratification: 1961)

1. Article 2(a) of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee asked the Government to provide information on the revision of the Labour Code with regard to wages. The Committee notes that, within the framework of the revision of the Labour Code currently under way, the Private Sector Commission has approved the conventional amendment of basic wages together with other provisions that are to be adopted by a social forum in the coming months. The Committee notes that the Government has not provided any information on the content of these recommendations or on any other provision relating to the revision of wages. The Committee hopes that the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value will be given full expression in the recommendations to be adopted by the social forum. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the content of the revised Labour Code with regard to wages and hopes that any future amendments will further the application of the Convention.

2. Article 3. Appraisal of jobs. The Committee notes that the Government reaffirms its commitment to carrying out a study on job appraisal. It notes that the Government intends to request technical assistance from the ILO in order to undertake this study. The Committee asks the Government to take the necessary measures to carry out this study on job appraisal and hopes that it may benefit from ILO technical assistance in the very near future. The Committee encourages the Government to collect, in so far as is possible, information, disaggregated by sex, on wages in job categories within the same sector and within different sectors.

3. Article 4. Cooperation with the social partners. The Committee asks the Government, once again, to provide information in its next report on the wage‑setting activities of both the Consultative Labour Commission and the joint committees within the context of the application of the Convention, and, in particular, on the job appraisal methods used by these bodies to determine wages.

4. Labour inspection. The Committee reiterates its previous requests to the Government for more detailed information on the labour inspectorate’s awareness-raising activities for the social partners, in particular with regard to the number of events held, the participants in attendance and the materials and methods used to make workers and employers more aware of the practical application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. With respect to workplace inspections, the Committee requests information on the number and nature of equal remuneration violations reported by the labour inspectors, and on how the inspectors deal with such violations.