Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Barbados (Ratification: 1974)

1. Further to its observation, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply a copy of the final report on the job evaluation exercise carried out in the sugar industry.

2. The Committee notes from the Government's report that, where wages are determined by collective bargaining, employers and unions engage in joint job evaluation exercises, and that in some cases job evaluation exercises have been carried out by individual companies. The Committee requests the Government to provide, in its next report, more detailed information on joint job evaluation exercises carried out in individual companies.

3. The Committee notes from the Government's report that the Labour Department has launched a survey in the plantation sector which also includes statistical data. The Committee requests the Government to provide, in its next report, the results of this survey, including statistical data on the number and sex of the workers employed in the various wage categories.

4. With regard to the Committee's request for information on any initiatives taken that assist in promoting the application of the Convention in the context of the Bureau of Women's Affairs' renewed programme for addressing gender issues, including the revision of the National Policy Statement on Women, the Committee notes from the Government's report on Convention No. 111 that a national consultation on women has been held in November 1997, but that the draft policy statement on women has not yet been finalized. The Committee hopes that the Government will provide, in its next report, detailed information on how the Bureau of Women's Affairs' renewed gender programme, including the National Policy Statement on Women, assist in promoting the application of the principle of equal remuneration between men and women for work of equal value for all workers.