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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Ghana (Ratification: 1968)

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Articles 1(a) and (b) and 2(2)(a) of the Convention. Definition of remuneration. Equal remuneration for work of equal value. Legislation. Private sector. For a number of years, the Committee has been asking the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value is duly reflected in sections 10(b) and 68 of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act No. 651). The Committee welcomes the Government’s indication that in the context of the current revision of the Labour Act, the Government has validated with the social partners the various comments and inputs received from the major stakeholders, as well as the Committee’s request to include the principle of the Convention in its national legislation. The Committee takes due note of the Government’s indications. The Committee firmly hopes that in the context of the revision of the Labour Act, the Government will take the necessary steps, in cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations, to amend sections 10(b) and 68, to give full legislative expression to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value set out in the Convention. The Committee also asks the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that all components of remuneration enumerated in Article 1(a) of the Convention are included in the definition of “remuneration” for the purpose of the principle, and all categories of workers in the private sector are covered by the principle of the Convention.

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