Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Ghana (Ratification: 1968)

Remuneration in the public sector. In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to indicate whether the Grievance Review Committee had dealt with any equal remuneration cases. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that this Committee will be set up by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to deal with complaints regarding remuneration. The Committee asks the Government to clarify whether the Grievance Review Committee has been established and is functioning and, if so, to provide information on its functions and activities with regard to equal remuneration between men and women for work of equal value, and on any wage discrimination cases it has addressed.

Article 2, paragraph 2(c). Collective agreements. The Committee once again asks the Government to provide information on the steps taken to ensure that provisions in collective agreements, such as those relating to certain benefits, do not discriminate on the ground of sex and that collective agreements reflect the principle of equal remuneration between men and women for work of equal value. The Government is also asked to provide examples of relevant collective agreements.

Article 3. Objective job evaluation. The Committee notes that, according to the Ghana Living Standards Survey published in September 2008 by the Ghana Statistical Service, on average, men receive higher earnings than women. The Committee once again asks the Government to supply information on the measures taken or envisaged to promote objective job evaluation methods in the private sector to eliminate pay discrimination, since this information was not, as indicated, attached to the Government’s report.

Article 4. Tripartite cooperation. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that the Government and workers’ and employers’ organizations take active steps to promote a better understanding and implementation of the principle of equal remuneration, through regular tripartite consultation in the framework of the National Tripartite Committee. Recalling the important role that the employers’ and workers’ organizations can play in promoting the principle of the Convention, the Committee asks the Government to provide details on the concrete steps and action undertaken by such organizations, including indications as to whether the issue of equal remuneration between men and women has been discussed within the National Tripartite Committee.

Part IV of the report form. Enforcement. Please continue to provide information on any decisions pursuant to section 68 of the Labour Act by courts, the National Labour Commission, or any other competent body, as well as on any violations identified by, or reported to, labour inspectors and the manner in which such discrimination cases were addressed.