Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1982)

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The Committee notes the observations of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions (CODESA), the Confederation of Workers of Venezuela (CTV), the Federation of University Teachers' Associations of Venezuela (FAPUV), the General Confederation of Workers (CGT), the Independent Trade Union Alliance Confederation of Workers (CTASI), the National Union of Workers of Venezuela (UNETE) and the United Federation of Workers of Venezuela (CUTV), received on 31 August 2024. The Committee requests the Government to provide its comments in this regard.

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Gender wage gap. The Committee notes with regret that, in its report, the Government provides information of a general nature, indicating that in the last 20 years initiatives have been carried out for the integration of women into the world of work and entrepreneurship, such as credit for socio-productive projects, the Great Mission for Venezuelan Women policy, and social and economic policies to redress the gender wage gaps. The Government indicates that the conditions for women in the country have changed substantially, and that women are protected under legislative provisions on equality of opportunity, integration and non-discrimination. The Committee notes the observations of the above-mentioned trade unions that the amounts of credit granted are so low that they barely allow for subsistence undertakings. Noting the lack of detailed information and statistics on results in the Government’s report, the trade union organizations report in their observations that, according to the National Living Conditions Survey (ENCOVI), in 2023, men’s wage was on average 7.7 per cent higher than women’s, reaching 33.6 per cent higher in the academic and scientific sectors, and 40.1 per cent higher in the technical sector. The Committee recalls that, in order to be able to examine the effective application of the Convention, it is necessary to collect statistical information on the level of remuneration of men and women in the country, disaggregated by sex and by sector. The Committee hopes that in its next report the Government will include information on the measures adopted or envisaged to reduce the gender pay gap, including information on the scope of such measures (such as the number of beneficiaries and amounts of the funding or credit measures) and the results achieved in this regard. The Committee requests the Government to collect and provide relevant statistical information.

Article 3 of the Convention. Objective appraisal of jobs. The Committee underlines that, in the observation it addresses to the Government, it refers to the need to reflect in the legislation the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal “value” and that, to determine the “value”, objective job appraisal mechanisms must be established. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the specific measures taken with a view to establishing an objective job appraisal mechanism with a gender perspective that enables a comparison of the different public sector jobs and to promote this appraisal in the private sector.