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

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

Enforcement. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that labour and social security inspectors are responsible for regularly supervising compliance with the legislation in this area. Furthermore, the Government indicates that judges and labour inspectors continually fulfil their function of supervision and enforcement of the principles of equal remuneration within the context of their professional duties. The Committee observes, however, that the 2015 Annual report on labour statistics attached by the Government does not contain any tangible information to support this statement. The Committee emphasizes the importance of the role played by judges and labour inspectors in the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. In this regard, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to ensure that awareness is raised among labour inspectors and judges, and also the social partners and the general public, of the issue of equal remuneration for work of equal value (further training, campaigns, development of practical tools, guides and guidelines, etc.). Furthermore, it once again requests the Government to provide information on the inspection activities carried out in enterprises by labour inspectors with regard to equal remuneration, and on any complaint of discrimination in respect of remuneration received by the labour inspectors, and any relevant court decisions.

Statistics. Since 2007, the Committee has been requesting the Government to provide full statistical information on the remuneration received by men and women in the various sectors and branches of activity. The Committee notes that the Government reiterates its willingness to provide statistical data, but indicates that national studies on the gender wage gap on the labour market have not yet been conducted. Noting this lack of information, the Committee observes that the 2015 National employment survey in Senegal, published by the National Agency of Statistics and Demography, contains some information on the level and type of remuneration of employees, according to their socio-occupational category and sector of activity, but that these data are not disaggregated by gender. The Committee recalls that it is necessary to compile full statistical information, disaggregated by gender, to allow for an adequate evaluation of the nature, extent and causes of the gender wage gap, and of the progress made towards the application of the principles of the Convention. It wishes to emphasize the fact that an analysis of the positions and wages of men and women in all categories of employment and among and within the different sectors of economic activity is necessary to address the issue of the continuous gender wage gap. The Committee urges the Government to take the necessary steps to compile data on the remuneration of men and women in the public and private sectors, and to include this information in its next report.