Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

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

Article 1(b) of the Convention. Equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. Legislation. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that the Government reported that the preliminary draft amendment to the General Labour Act provides that “the State, through the Ministry of Labour, shall promote the integration of women in employment and shall guarantee the same remuneration as for men for work of equal value”. The Committee also noted that, according to the Government, the draft had come to a standstill because the Bolivian Central of Workers (COB), which is involved in its drafting, had requested that the health and municipal sectors participate in the work on the amendments to the Labour Act. The Committee further noted that the Government indicated that the National Plan of Action for Human Rights 2009–13 referred to the formulation and implementation of a cultural campaign for “equal work, equal wages, equal opportunities and equal rights”. The Committee notes that in its report, the Government provides no further information on these points. It nonetheless notes that under the new National Plan of Action for Human Rights 2014–18, an evaluation of the 2009–13 plan is being conducted but it contains no details of the measures taken to apply the principle of the Convention. Recalling that article 48 of the Constitution refers to the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, the Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that the General Labour Act is adopted shortly and that it gives full effect to the principle of the Convention. It requests the Government to provide information on the progress of the preliminary draft of the Act and on any other measures taken by the Government to give full effect to the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value.

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