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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Trinidad and Tobago (Ratification: 1997)

1. Employment policy. The Committee notes that a report of recommendations towards an Employment Policy has been prepared which is under final review by Cabinet. Recalling that the Government previously indicated that the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value will be incorporated in the Employment Policy, the Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of any further developments in this regard and to provide a copy of the Policy once it has been adopted.

2. Part-time workers. The Committee notes that the collective agreements containing provisions concerning part-time workers were not attached to the Government’s report. The Committee asks the Government to provide copies of the relevant parts of these collective agreements with its next report.

3. Objective job evaluation. The Committee notes that the job evaluation exercises undertaken in the civil service have not yet been concluded due to problems in completing certain aspects of the preparatory work. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the specific difficulties faced in this context and to keep the Committee informed of any further developments. Please also provide information on any progress made in promoting objective job evaluation in the private sector, including through carrying out the survey on equal pay for work of equal value to which the Government referred previously.

4. Statistical information. The Committee notes that the statistical information on average earnings by industrial groups and occupational groups, disaggregated by sex, has not been attached to the report, as indicated. The Government is asked to provide detailed statistical information on the earnings of men and women in all job categories within and between the various sectors, showing the evolution of the gender pay gap over time.