Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Madagascar (Ratification: 1962)

With reference to its previous direct requests, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report.

1. The Committee notes with interest the Government's statement that the National Labour Council has completed its examination of the draft Labour Code and was planning to prepare a final draft at its August 1993 session. It adds that the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value will be guaranteed by the new legislation. The Committee observes that the Government received ILO technical assistance in its work. It points out that the introduction of the concept of equal value into the new legislation would improve the present text on which the Committee has been commenting for many years, and asks the Government to provide a copy of the new Code as soon as it has been adopted.

2. The Committee notes that the Government has initiated a series of surveys and studies on, inter alia, the links between employment training and remuneration, and on manpower classifications. It notes in particular that the survey on the analysis of job content and qualifications conducted with the assistance of the UNDP, the World Bank and the ILO has made it possible to carry out an evaluation of jobs in certain sectors (agriculture, agro-food industry, construction, public works) and that it will serve as a basis for a new definition of occupational classifications by sector. It would be grateful if the Government would provide the results of the survey on the job and qualifications analysis and a copy of the new occupational classifications based on the survey. It also asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to gradually extend the job evaluation to all branches of economic activity.

3. The Committee notes from the report that the labour inspection services have not reported any cases of non-observance of the principle of the Convention, and asks the Government to continue to provide information on the measures taken to ensure supervision of the application of the laws and regulations concerning equal remuneration for work of equal value, and particularly on the activities of the labour inspectorate and on court decisions relevant to the Convention.