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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Ethiopia (Ratification: 1999)

Articles 1 and (2)(a) of the Convention. Work of equal value. Private sector. Legislation. Since 2007, the Committee has been recalling that sections 14(1)(b) and 87(1) of the Labour Proclamation No. 377/2003, while prohibiting discrimination based on sex in respect of remuneration, do not specify that equal remuneration is required where men and women perform different work which is nevertheless work of equal value. The Committee recalls that the concept of “work of equal value” lies at the heart of the fundamental right of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, and the promotion of equality. It permits a broad scope of comparison, including, but going beyond equal remuneration for “equal”, “the same” or “similar” work, and also encompasses work that is of an entirely different nature, which is nevertheless of equal value (see General Survey on the fundamental Conventions, 2012, paragraphs 672–679). The Committee notes with regret that the Government merely reiterates that the Committee’s comments will be taken into account in the ongoing process of amending the Labour Proclamation. The Committee therefore asks the Government to adopt the necessary measures in the near future to give full legislative expression to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value in the Labour Proclamation, and to provide information on the concrete steps taken in this respect.