Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Cabo Verde (Ratification: 1979)

Article 2 of the Convention. Wage-fixing rates. In its previous comments, the Committee noted the establishment of a working group for the elaboration of a study concerning minimum wage fixing. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that this study is being finalized and that a new proposal for the Career, Posts and Salaries Plan in the public sector was submitted for approval by the relevant bodies and will be shared with the social partners in the framework of the Social Concertation Board. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on any developments regarding minimum wage fixing. Please also provide information on the recommendations and follow-up to the proposals on the Career, Posts and Salaries Plan in the public sector. Please also provide information on how it is ensured that in the context of wage fixing and setting public sector salaries, it is ensured that women and men receive equal remuneration for work of equal value.

Article 3. Objective job evaluation. In its previous comments, the Committee noted that section 16 of the Labour Code provides that all systems of work description and work evaluation should be based on objective criteria in order to prevent any discrimination. Noting that no information has been provided on this issue, the Committee asks the Government to provide information on the implementation of section 16 of the Labour Code as well as on the steps taken so as to put in place a system of objective jobs evaluation that will ensure the full implementation of the Convention.

Enforcement. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the concrete action carried out by the labour inspectors as well as the Institute on the Condition of Women (ICF) with respect to equality and non-discrimination in employment and occupation and equal remuneration, and the impact thereof.

Part V of the report form. Practical application. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the rate of workers’ participation in the labour market is 59.1 per cent (63 per cent urban work and 52.5 per cent for rural work, 67.4 per cent for men and 51.1 per cent for women) and that the unemployment rate is 10.7 per cent (9.6 per cent for men and 12.1 per cent for women). The Government indicates that progress has been made in education, which contributes to equality between men and women. Moreover, gender equality is taken into account in all government activities, especially in the framework of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). Different measures for employment creation and for the establishment of small enterprises have benefited young women particularly. The Government further indicates that the collection of statistical data is not possible due to the lack of material and human resources. Noting that the Government had previously requested ILO technical assistance in relation to statistics on the situation of men and women in the labour market, the Committee hopes that the Office will soon be in a position to provide the assistance requested, and asks the Government to take the necessary steps to secure such assistance. The Committee further asks the Government to continue to provide information on the measures taken to address structural problems such as occupational sex segregation and with respect to access to education and vocational training for women and to send it any existing data on the distribution of men and women and their respective earnings in the public and private sectors.