Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - India (Ratification: 1958)

Further to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to supply information on the following points:

1. As requested in point 2(a) of the Committee's 1991 observation, please indicate the means by which comparisons are made between the work performed by men and women as regards categories covered by Notification No. SO 444 of 7.5.1985 of the State of Bihar, in which either men or women are mainly or predominantly employed.

2. As concerns the building and construction sector where a high rate of wage irregularity has been observed, (which, in the Committee's view, called for special measures) the Committee notes with interest that the Government has proposed a welfare scheme to ensure that the basic amenities provided for in legislation are available to women workers, to enhance their skills and to enable them to earn better wages. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply information concerning the practical operation of the scheme in its next report.

3. The Committee has noted the comment of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) concerning the notification issued by the Government under the Equal Remuneration Act to exclude air hostesses of certain airlines and professional workers from the equal remuneration provisions. The Committee requests the Government to provide full information concerning this matter, including a copy of the Supreme Court decision in the case of D'Costa v. Mackinnon, MacKenzie and Company, which was not received in the International Labour Office.