Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. Noting the adoption of Act No. 15/013 of 1 August 2015 on the rules for implementing women’s rights and gender parity, it hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Article 1(a) of the Convention. Remuneration. In its previous comments, the Committee asked the Government to ensure that section 9 of the draft decree establishing women’s conditions of work was revised to bring it into conformity with the Convention. The Committee recalls that section 9 provided that for the same work or work of equal value, the remuneration of the hours of work or overtime of women workers would be the same as that of their male counterparts. In the absence of any information from the Government on this matter, the Committee requests it to provide information on progress made towards the adoption of the decree establishing women’s conditions of work, and requests it to ensure that, in this context, the principle of equal remuneration for men and women applies not only to hours of work and overtime, but to all other emoluments payable directly or indirectly, whether in cash or in kind, by the employer to the worker and arising out of the worker’s employment, in accordance with Article 1(a) of the Convention.

Article 2(2)(b). Wage policy. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, the wage policy document is available and is to be examined by the tripartite preparatory committee prior to adoption by the National Labour Council (CNT). The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value is expressly set as an objective of the new wage policy, and encourages it to arrange for members of the tripartite preparatory committee and the CNT to receive training on the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value and objective job evaluation methods. Please provide information on any measures taken in this regard.

Article 2(2)(c). Collective agreements. The Committee again asks the Government to provide a copy of the most recent National Interoccupational Collective Agreement, which, contrary to what was indicated in the report, was not appended to the report.

Article 3. Objective job evaluation. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that there is an updated draft of a general job classification which will be examined by the tripartite preparatory committee before the CNT meets to adopt it. The Committee points out in this connection that since women and men often do not hold the same jobs or carry on the same activities, it is important to conduct an objective evaluation of jobs based on the tasks involved, using objective criteria such as skills, effort, responsibilities and working conditions, to ensure that the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value is applied effectively. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that the general job classification is established on the basis of objective criteria that are free from gender bias, and requests it to supply information on the method and criteria used for this purpose. Please provide a copy of the general job classification as soon as it has been adopted by the CNT.

Statistical information. In the absence of any information from the Government on this point, the Committee once again asks the Government to provide information on the earnings disaggregated by sex, economic sector and occupation.