Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - France (Ratification: 1953)

The Committee notes with interest the adoption of the Act of 23 March 2006 on equal pay for men and women, which lays down the objective of eliminating wage differentials between men and women by 30 December 2010. The Committee further notes that the Act requires occupational sectors and enterprises to undertake negotiations every year to define and schedule measures to eliminate wage differentials between men and women. It also contains provisions aimed at reconciling professional and family life in order to tackle the structural difficulties that stand in the way of equality between men and women in employment and occupation. It also provides for a mid-term evaluation with close participation by the High Council on Occupational Gender Equality. The Committee welcomes this initiative and asks the Government to send information on the impact of the Equal Pay Act in reducing inequalities in the remuneration of men and women and to send a copy of the mid-term evaluation.

The Committee is raising other matters in a request addressed directly to the Government.