Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

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

Article 2 of the Convention. Promotion of the principle in the public service. Legislation. Further to its observation, the Committee notes that the new Law on the Public Service 2015 is part of the reform in the public service and that, pursuant to section 126 of the Law, the Government is to present additional draft laws and resolutions before the end of December 2016 for it to enter into force. The Government indicates in this regard that a draft Law on Labour Remuneration in Public Institutions was to be submitted to Parliament before 1 September 2016, which will change the existing system of remuneration in the public service. The Committee asks the Government to provide detailed information on the new remuneration system in the public service, including statistics disaggregated by sex, on the distribution of men and women in the various grades and occupations. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate whether the Law on the Public Service 2015 has entered into force, and also to provide a copy of the draft Law on Labour Remuneration in Public Institutions, as well as any resolutions regarding remuneration in the public service, once adopted.

Article 3. Objective job evaluation. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken, in the context of the reform of the public service, to develop an objective job evaluation method to ensure that job classification and remuneration in the public service is free from gender bias. The Committee reiterates its request to the Government to take concrete steps in order to promote the use of objective job evaluation or develop such method in the private sector, and to provide information concerning training for those who undertake job evaluation.

Article 4. Cooperation with workers’ and employers’ organizations. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a meeting of the Tripartite Commission for Social Partnership was held in April 2016, which discussed and adopted the 2016–17 Strategic Plan on the Activities of the Tripartite Social Partnership Commission. The Plan envisages the development of legislative initiatives to amend the Labour Code and their submission to the Government for approval. On 26 June 2016, a round table was organized by the ILO where the social partners presented recommendations on draft amendments to the Labour Code. A working group was also set up within the framework of the Commission to discuss issues provided by the Strategic Plan. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the activities of the Tripartite Commission to promote the principle of the Convention, including any proposals to amend the Labour Code to include the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee also asks the Government to provide information on any other steps taken to seek collaboration between workers’ and employers’ organizations to give full effect to the Convention.