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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1961)

Article 3 of the Convention. Objective job evaluation. With reference to its previous comments on the use and promotion of methods for the objective evaluation of jobs in the public and private sectors, the Committee notes that no information has been supplied in this respect. With regard to the reform of the Civil Service Act, the Committee notes that a working party was set up to study and analyse various existing proposals for amending the Act and that a new set of draft reforms of this Act with a view to its revision and analysis was brought before the General Secretariat of the President’s Office. Recalling its 2006 general observation on the Convention, the Committee emphasizes that, in order to give full effect to the principle of the Convention, it is of fundamental importance to use objective job evaluation methods which enable various jobs to be compared on the basis of factors which are free from gender bias, in order to ensure that work predominantly performed by women (“female jobs”) is not undervalued and that women receive remuneration which is equal to remuneration for work of equal value performed by men. The Committee once again asks the Government to supply information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that when determining minimum wage rates, objective job evaluation is applied in the public sector, and is promoted in the private sector. It also asks the Government to supply information on the reform of the Civil Service Act and the manner in which it is ensured that the job classification system is free from gender bias.

Training and dissemination. The Committee notes the training and dissemination workshops on women’s labour rights held by the Department for Women Workers at the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. However, it notes that the guide to women’s labour rights produced by the Department does not contain any explicit reference to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee asks the Government to supply information on the training and dissemination activities specifically relating to the principle of the Convention.

Parts III–V of the report form. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government concerning labour inspections carried out in order to verify the payment of the minimum wage. The Committee asks the Government to continue to supply information on the results of the inspections carried out with regard to the application of the Convention. It also asks the Government to supply information on any court or administrative decisions relating to the application of the Convention.