Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2017, published 107th ILC session (2018)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Algeria (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report does not contain any replies on the following points.

Article 3 of the Convention. Objective job evaluation. Collective agreements. Private sector. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate whether the classification of jobs in the private sector provided for by the framework collective agreement of 2006 has been carried out and, if so, to describe the method used.

Article 4. Cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate whether activities to raise awareness and provide information on equal remuneration for men and women, and particularly on the concept of “work of equal value”, are conducted for employers’ and workers’ organizations or by these organizations for their members, or if such activities are envisaged.

Enforcement. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate: (i) the number and nature of infringements of section 84 of Act No. 90-11 of 21 April 1990 concerning labour relations (equal remuneration for workers without discrimination for work of equal value) identified by the labour inspectorate; (ii) the measures taken by the labour inspectorate to detect and put an end to any infringements of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value; and (iii) the number, nature and outcome of pay discrimination cases dealt with by the courts.