Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2025, publiée 114ème session CIT (2026)

Fidji

Convention (n° 100) sur l'égalité de rémunération, 1951 (Ratification: 2002)
Convention (n° 111) concernant la discrimination (emploi et profession), 1958 (Ratification: 2002)

In order to provide a comprehensive view of the issues relating to the application of ratified Conventions on equality, the Committee considers it appropriate to examine the Conventions Nos 100 (equal remuneration) and 111 (discrimination in employment and occupation) together.

Convention No. 111 – National policy to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation

Articles 1 to 3. National policy for equality of opportunity and treatment. Race, colour and national extraction. In the absence of response to its previous comments, the Committee reiterates its request to the Government to provide information on measures taken to promote equality of opportunity in employment and occupation to minority racial groups, in particular the i-Taukei population.

Real or perceived HIV status. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government regarding the continued conduct of awareness in workplaces in line with the National Code of Practice for HIV/AIDS in workplaces. The Committee also notes the adoption of the National HIV Surge Strategy 2024–2027 to address the increasing HIV cases in Fiji. It requests the Government to provide information on any measures taken under this Strategy to combat discrimination in employment and occupation.

Persons with disabilities. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the statistics provided by the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, showing under-representation of persons with disabilities in education and in the labour market. The Committee requests the Government to continue to take measures to achieve better equality for persons with disabilities in all aspects of employment and occupation, and to provide information in this regard.

Sexual orientation and gender identity. The Committee notes that, in its 2025 concluding observations, the CEDAW expressed concern that lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women continued to face high rates of gender-based violence in both the private and public spheres. It was also concerned about their legal exclusion under binary frameworks and their limited access to education and employment (CEDAW/C/FJI/CO/6, para. 47). The Committee also notes that in its report on the national-level review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1995 (Beijing+30 national report), the Government indicates that 62 per cent of LGBTQI+ community in Fiji are unemployed and in precarious work. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to achieve better equality for persons of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity, in all aspects of employment and occupation.

Convention No. 100 – Principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value

Articles 1 to 4. Gender pay gap. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes that one of the research recommendations in the 2023 Fiji Country Gender Assessment concerns the need to conduct studies with the aim to document the nature, extent and causes of gendered wage disparities in the public and private sectors in Fiji, and to inform and support pay equity policies. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken pursuant to that recommendation, and recalls that the Government may avail itself of ILO technical assistance in this regard.

Article 3. Objective job evaluation methods.Please provide information on: (i) any measures taken to promote objective appraisal of jobs on the basis of the work to be performed; and (ii) the results of any job assessments done in the private and public sectors to ensure the principle of the Convention is applied; and the objective job evaluation methods used to conduct these assessments.

Article 2. Minimum wage fixing. In the absence of response to its previous request, the Committee reiterates its request to the Government to indicate the manner in which it is ensured: (i) that the sectoral minimum wage rates are fixed based on objective criteria, free from gender bias; and (ii) that work in sectors with a high proportion of women, including the garment sector, is not being undervalued in comparison with work in sectors in which men are predominantly employed.