Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Georgia (Ratification: 1993)

Assessment of the gender remuneration gap. The Committee notes from the statistical information regarding average monthly nominal wages of men and women that, overall, women earned 56 per cent of men’s wages in the first quarter of 2009. By comparison, the same ratio for the first quarter of 2007 was 48.5 per cent and for the first quarter of 2008 it was 50.2 per cent. The Committee notes that there appears to be a positive trend, although the gap in the wages of men and women remains very wide. In the first quarter of 2009, the widest wages gaps were found in the health and social services sector (50.5 per cent), hotels and restaurant (60.8 per cent) and financial activities (66.7 per cent). The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide detailed statistical information on the earnings of men and women, according to sector or industry, and, if possible, according to occupation.

Measures to promote equal remuneration. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government concerning measures to promote gender equality through public awareness raising, education, special entitlements available to women in relation to pregnancy and maternity, and vocational training programmes. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any measures taken or envisaged within its overall efforts to promote gender equality that more specifically focus on the implementation of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value.

Article 3 of the Convention. Objective job evaluation. The Government states that where the State is party to a collective agreement, it “can be responsible to define job evaluation methods”, whereas otherwise such methods are defined by the parties to the agreement. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the concrete steps taken to promote objective job evaluation as envisaged in Article 3.

Article 4. Cooperation with workers’ and employers’ organizations. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that any of the tripartite partners can initiate cooperation on the promotion of equal remuneration within the established mechanisms for tripartite cooperation. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the specific steps it has taken to seek the cooperation of workers’ and employers’ organizations with a view to giving effect to the provisions of the Convention, as envisaged in Article 4.

Enforcement. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that labour inspection is institutionally integrated into the Technical Supervision Agency for industrial sectors and hazardous enterprises, while a separate inspection service exists for the construction sector. The Committee asks the Government to clarify whether these services have a mandate to supervise and monitor compliance with the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, and whether inspections on this regard cover all sectors of the economy.