Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

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

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Articles 1(b) and 2(2)(a) of the Convention.Equal pay for work of equal value. Legislation. The Committee takes note of the Government’s information about awareness-raising on “equal pay for men and women workers who perform equal work, under equal conditions, according to occupation, skills and abilities, regardless of their physical characteristics or situations”. However, the Committee notes that the principle of the Convention is equal pay for work of equal value, which is not exactly the same as what is being addressed in awareness-raising measures. In any case, the Committee notes with regret that despite the time elapsed since the ratification of the Convention, measures have not been taken to give full legal expression to the principle of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps to amend section 194 of the Labour Code, section 3(4) of Act No. 41-08 and section 4 of the General Regulations of May 2014 on wage regulation so as to include in these provisions the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, as provided by Article 1 of the Convention, and to provide information on all progress made in that respect. The Committee also requests the Government, in a future amendment of the Constitution, to provide for the amendment of section 62(9) in fine, to give full expression to the principle of the Convention. The Committee reminds the Government that, if it so wishes, it may avail itself of technical assistance from the Office in this regard.

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