Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2021, published 110th ILC session (2022)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Ratification: 2001)

Article 1(b) and 2 of the Convention. Equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. Legislation. For a number of years, the Committee has been indicating to the Government that section 3(1) of the Equal Pay Act of 1994, which provides for “equal pay for equal work”, is not in conformity with the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee notes the Government’s statement, in its report, that “the matter to amend section 3(1) of the Equal Pay Act is still awaiting Cabinet’s action”. In this regard, it notes that the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), in its 2015 concluding observations, also noted with concern that the Equal Pay Act was not in conformity with the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value (CEDAW/C/VCT/CO/4–8, 28 July 2015, paragraphs 32 and 33). The Committee urges the Government to take steps to amend section 3(1) of the Equal Pay Act without further delay in order to ensure that the legislation provides for equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, as specified in the Convention; and to provide information on any progress achieved in this regard.

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