Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2006, Publicación: 96ª reunión CIT (2007)

Convenio sobre igualdad de remuneración, 1951 (núm. 100) - Chequia (Ratificación : 1993)

1. Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention. Promoting and ensuring the application of the Convention in practice. In its previous observation, the Committee noted with interest the issuing of administrative instructions for labour inspectors concerning the monitoring of legal provisions on gender equality, including the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee notes with interest that the Government continued to strengthen its legal and institutional framework to apply the Convention by including in the Labour Inspection Act of 3 May 2005 provisions defining violation of the equal pay principle by natural and legal persons as an administrative offence subject to fines (sections 13 and 26). The Committee notes from the Government’s report that labour inspections tended to focus on areas other than gender-based discrimination, but nevertheless in the second half of 2004 and first half of 2005, a total of 757 cases of breaches of the provisions on equal remuneration for work of equal value were identified. The Committee asks the Government to continue to provide information on the work of the labour inspection services in monitoring the application of equal pay provisions, including information on the extent, nature and outcome of the cases dealt with. The Committee would also appreciate receiving information on any court decisions concerning the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value.

2. Furthermore, the Committee notes that the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions, in their comments attached to the Government’s report, express the view that a greater role should be played by the individual employer in promoting equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. In this regard, the union suggests that gender equality plans should be adopted at the enterprise level. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any measures taken to facilitate and encourage enterprise-level measures to promote the application of the principle of the Convention, in cooperation with workers’ and employers’ organizations.

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