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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the Government's report and the attached statistics.

1. The Committee urges the Government to supply in its next report the wage scales applicable in the public service and to indicate the distribution of men and women at the various levels of the public administration, so that the Committee can verify that the principle set out in the Convention is applied through the system for determining wages in the public sector.

2. The Committee notes with interest the statistics supplied for 1992, which refer to the average earnings of workers, disaggregated by sex in various sectors and by occupational group. The Committee notes that the average wages of women are lower than those of men in all occupational groups, and particularly in occupations in which few women work; it requests the Government to continue supplying detailed information, where possible, by occupation, sector and skill level.

3. With reference to Act No. 7142 of 1 March 1990 to promote the equality of women, the Committee notes the Government's statement that this Act lays the basis for more effective equality of remuneration. It once again requests the Government to supply information in its next report on the effect given to this Act with regard to equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would supply information on the criteria which form the basis of the work of the National Wage Council as regards the classification of jobs and the granting of equal wages for work of equal value.

4. The Government onces again states in its report that it is not yet possible to compile and analyse the information referred to in point V of the report form. The Committee once again emphasizes the importance of this information in order to evaluate the manner in which the principle of equal remuneration set out in national law is applied in practice. The Committee would therefore be grateful if the Government would supply information on the measures which it intends to adopt for the effective control of the application of the Convention, particularly through the activities of the labour inspection services and judicial bodies.