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

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Trinidad and Tobago (Ratification: 1997)

Employment policy. The Committee recalls the Government’s previous indication that the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value would be incorporated in the Employment Policy. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the focus has been shifted from the development of the Employment Policy to a Decent Work Policy and Programme of Action, which would address the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value. The Government also indicates that the ministry is in the process of drafting the Decent Work Policy and Programme of Action, and that the process has commenced with the hosting of consultations with representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any further developments in this regard and to provide a copy of the Policy once it has been adopted.

Objective job evaluation. The Committee previously noted the information provided by the Government concerning the ongoing efforts to undertake a job evaluation exercise in the civil service. Noting that no information has been provided by the Government on this point, the Committee again asks the Government to ensure that the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value is fully taken into account in this process and to provide information on the measures taken in this regard, as well as on the outcome of the pending job evaluation exercise. Please also provide information on any progress made in promoting objective job evaluation in the private sector, including through carrying out the survey on equal pay for work of equal value to which the Government referred previously.