Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

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

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Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Gender wage gap. The Government states in its report that in 2022, for the first time in the integrated labour registration system (SIRLA), women’s wages were one per cent higher than those of men, whereas in 2020 and 2021, their wages represented respectively 71 and 79 per cent of men’s wages. With regard to the measures taken to reduce the gender pay gap, the Committee notes that: (1) the Government states that the Department for Equal Opportunities of the Ministry of Labour raised the awareness of private enterprises on equal pay for men and women for “equal work”; and: (2) the Third National Gender Equality and Equity Plan (2020-2030) included as priorities the “reduction and elimination of wage discrimination to ensure that women receive the same wages as men for the same work”. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on all steps taken to reduce and raise awareness of the gender wage gap, taking care to ensure that these are not restricted to wage discrimination for “equal”, “the same” or “similar” work, but also cover wage discrimination for work of “equal value”. It also asks the Government to provide information on any measures taken to promote objective employment evaluation. The Committee also requests the Government to continue providing detailed information on the SIRLA statistical data, including on men’s and women’s wage rates disaggregated by occupational category and level of employment, and sector of economic activity.

Article 4. Cooperation with employers’ and workers’ organizations. The Committee again requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken or envisaged to promote the cooperation of workers’ and employers’ organizations in the implementation of the Convention, particularly those taken under the “Tripartite Agreement of the Dominican Republic to establish a committee to address issues relating to international labour standards”.

Labour inspection. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the labour inspectors monitor application of the principle of “equal remuneration for work of equal value”, but the Government provides no details of the results of the inspections conducted. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on violations of the principle of the Convention detected by the labour inspectors, the remedies awarded, and the penalties imposed. Please also provide information on all activities and measures undertaken by the labour inspectorate that concern the application of the principle of the Convention.