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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1953)

Article 4 of the Convention. Cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to take the necessary measures to promote the cooperation of workers’ and employers’ organizations in the implementation of the Convention. The Committee notes in this connection that, according to the Government, workshops, conferences and consultations with employers’ and workers’ organizations, civil society organizations and Labour Ministry bodies have been held with the aim of devising measures to reduce the wage gap between men and women. The Committee welcomes proactive measures, including awareness-raising measures, designed fully to achieve equal pay for work of equal value. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to promote the cooperation of workers’ and employers’ organizations in the implementation of the Convention, particularly those taken under the “Tripartite Agreement of the Dominican Republic to establish a Committee to address issues relating to International Labour Standards”.

Labour inspection. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to send information on complaints of wage discrimination received by the labour inspectorate. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, no complaints of wage discrimination have been received. The Committee emphasizes the labour inspectorate’s important role in preventing wage discrimination, and points out the need for inspectors to be given adequate training to increase their capacity to prevent, detect and remedy instances of wage discrimination (see 2012 General Survey on the fundamental Conventions, paragraphs 872–875). The Committee requests the Government to send information in this regard, and on all activities and measures undertaken by the labour inspectorate that concern the application of the principle of the Convention.