Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Mexico (Ratification: 1952)

Application in practice. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government on the National Development Plan 2007–12 and the National Programme for Equality between Women and Men 2009–12 (PROIGUALDAD). The Government indicates in particular that 12 gender equality units have been created in various departments of the federal public administration; the Programme for equality of working conditions to combat segregation and sexual harassment was prepared with the participation of the social partners; instruments have been prepared for the certification of the voluntary application of equality at the workplace, for which the Gender Equity Label (MEG) has been established, which has been awarded to over 305 organizations; and itinerant meetings have been held on “equality at work” for local authorities and social partners. The Committee asks the Government to continue providing information on the impact of the National Programme for Equality between Women and Men 2009–12 (PROIGUALDAD) and on any other measures adopted with a view to the application of the Convention.

Objective evaluation of jobs. The Committee observes that the Government has not provided information on the implementation of objective job evaluation methods. The Committee emphasizes the importance of adopting objective job evaluation methods as a basis for comparing different work performed by men and women as a means of addressing occupational segregation by gender and the undervaluation of skills that are traditionally regarded as “feminine”. The Committee asks the Government to adopt the necessary measures with a view to the development of objective job evaluation methods and to provide information on any developments in this respect.