Equal Remuneration Convention

The Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, or Equal Remuneration Convention is the 100th International Labour Organization Convention and the principal one aimed at equal remuneration for work of equal value for men and women. States parties may accomplish this through legislation, introduction of a system for wage determination and/or collective bargaining agreements. It is one of 8 ILO fundamental conventions.^[1]

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951

C100
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	29 June 1951
Date in force	23 May 1953
Classification	Equal Remuneration Women
Subject	Equality of Opportunity and Treatment
Previous	Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951
Next	Holidays with Pay (Agriculture) Convention, 1952

Non-ratifiers

  Party

  Non Party

  Convention not applied (dependent territory)

  Non ILO-member

As of October 2022, the convention had been ratified by 174 out of 187 ILO member states. ILO member states that have not ratified the convention are:^[2]

•  Bahrain
•  Brunei
•  Cook Islands
•  Kuwait
•  Marshall Islands
•  Myanmar
•  Oman
•  Palau
•  Qatar
•  Somalia
•  Tonga
•  Tuvalu
•  United States

The convention has been extended by France to cover French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion. New Zealand has extended the convention to Tokelau. It has not been extended to Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, or the Caribbean Netherlands within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.^[3]

See also

• Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention