Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1973)

Principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. In its previous comments, the Committee noted the Government’s indication that the preliminary draft amendment to the General Labour Act provided that “the State, through the Ministry of Labour, shall promote the inclusion of women at work and shall guarantee the same remuneration as for men for work of equal value”. In this respect, the Committee notes that, according to the Government, work on this draft has come to a standstill because the Bolivian Central of Workers (COB), which is involved in its drafting, has requested that the health and municipal sectors participate in the work on the Labour Act. The Committee also notes that, according to a communication sent by the Government from the Vice-Ministry of Justice and Fundamental Rights, the National Plan of Action for Human Rights 2009–2013 refers, in its Chapter 6 on women’s rights, to the formulation and implementation of a cultural campaign for “equal work, equal wages, equal opportunities and equal rights” and that the body responsible for implementing this chapter is the Ministry of Labour. Recalling that article 48 of the Constitution refers to the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, the Committee hopes that the General Labour Act will be adopted in the near future and that it will give full effect to the principle of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to send information on any developments in this respect. The Committee also asks the Government to send specific information on the measures adopted by the Ministry of Labour, in the context of the implementation of Chapter 6 on women’s rights of the National Plan of Action for Human Rights, for which it is responsible.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.