Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1970)

1. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's statement that the National Joint Board for Collective Agreements and Wages has taken into account work of a different nature but of equal value in the classification of jobs in all sectors, and that when establishing this classification the Board based itself broadly on the ILO International Standard Classification of Occupations. In this connection, the Committee refers to the explanations given in paragraphs 22 and 72 of its 1986 General Survey on Equal Remuneration, in which it indicates that in spite of the difficulties associated with a broader comparison of jobs, the fact that women workers are more heavily concentrated in certain jobs and in certain sectors of activity has to be taken into account so as to avoid or redress a biased evaluation of qualities traditionally considered as "peculiar to women". The Committee requests the Government to supply statistics on jobs in which there is a heavy concentration of women and on their remuneration in comparison with that of men.

2. The Committee notes the collective agreement for commerce and its appendix (the supplementary occupational classification for commerce signed on 3 May 1979), which was supplied with the report. It notes the provisions of Title V concerning wages and those of Title VI concerning bonuses, allowances and various benefits. In view of the fact that, according to the Convention, the term "remuneration" includes the ordinary, basic or minimum wage or salary and any additional emoluments whatsoever payable directly or indirectly, whether in cash or in kind, by the employer to the worker and arising out of the worker's employment, the Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the principle of equal remuneration as provided for in the Convention is also applicable as regards the above bonuses and allowances. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying collective agreements that have recently been concluded in branches other than commerce.

3. In its previous comments concerning the public sector, the Committee requested the Government to supply a copy of the Decree establishing for public servants the elements comprising remuneration, as provided in section 42 of Decree No. 74-138 of 18 February 1974, issuing the General Regulations of the Public Service, and a copy of the texts establishing the remuneration scheme and the tables of indices issued under section 44 of the above Regulations. The Committee requests the Government to supply copies of the above texts and tables of indices with its next report.