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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Tokelau

The Committee notes the observations by the Business New Zealand (Business NZ), submitted by the Government with its report.

Article 2 of the Convention. Determination of salaries in the public service. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the public service salary scale underwent a review in 2013–14 which resulted in a new Remuneration Framework that was endorsed by the General Fono in March 2016. The National Human Resource Manager has since been instructed to implement the new framework with a view to aligning all salaries of national and village employees with it. The Committee also notes that the review of the Human Resource Manual (HRM) is still on hold. The Committee asks the Government to indicate how the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value has been ensured in the context of the new Remuneration Framework, including information on the objective job evaluation methods used in order to define remuneration levels. The Committee also again asks the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that the principle of the Convention is taken into account in the review of the Human Resource Manual, and to provide information on the progress made in the review. Please also provide information on the distribution of men and women in all grades and levels of the Tokelau public service and their remuneration levels. In the absence of further clarifications, the Committee also reiterates its request for information on whether differences in salary between Tokelauan and non Tokelauan employees take the form of a difference in the basic wage or additional allowances and how the issue has now been dealt with in the revised Remuneration Framework.

Application of the principle in the private sector. Noting the absence of new information on the application of the principle of the Convention in the private sector, the Committee asks the Government to supply information on any measures taken or envisaged to reduce vertical and horizontal occupational segregation, including steps taken to increase women’s access to education and training in sectors that are predominantly male. The Government is also asked to indicate the methods used to compare the relative value of different jobs when fixing wage levels, with a view to ensuring that work performed by women is not undervalued.