Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Saudi Arabia (Ratification: 1978)

Article 1 of the Convention. Work of equal value. For a number of years, the Committee has expressed the hope that full legislative expression would be given to the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee noted in previous comments that the new Labour Code, 2006, contained no reference to equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee therefore notes with satisfaction the adoption on 18 September 2010 of Ministerial Order No. 2370/1, providing that “any discrimination in wages shall be prohibited between male and female workers for work of equal value”. The Order is made pursuant to section 243 of the Labour Code which provides for the issuing of implementing decisions and regulations, and makes specific reference to the ratification of Convention No. 100 and to the pursuit of social justice. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the application in practice of Ministerial Order No. 2370/1.