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2. Appropriate action should be taken, after consultation with the representa- tives of the employers' and work eis organisations concerned, to ensure, as rapidly as practicable, the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value in all occupations, other than those mentioned in Paragraph 1, in which rates of remuneration are subject to statutory regulation or public control, particularly as regards-

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(a) the establishment of minimum or other wage rates in industries and services

where such rates are determined under public authority;

(b) industries and undertakings operated under public ownership or control;

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(c) where appropriate, work executed under the terms of public contracts.

3.-(1) Where appropriate in the light of the methods in operation for the determination of rates of remuneration, provision should be made by legal enact- ment for the general application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value.

(2) National laws and regulations may make provision for specific exceptions to the scope of such legal enactment to be made after consultation with the employers' and workers' organisations concerned.

(3) The competent public authority should take all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure that employers and workers are fully informed as to such legal requirements and, where appropriate, advised on their application.

4. When, after consultation with the organisations of workers and employers concerned, where such organisations exist, it is not deemed feasible to implement immediately the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value, in respect of employments covered by paragraphs 1, 2 or 3, appropriate provision should be made or cause to be made for its gradual applica- tion, by such measures as-

(a) decreasing the differentials between rates of remuneration for men and

rates of remuneration for women for work of equal value;

(b) where a system of increments is in force, providing equal increments for

men and women workers performing work of equal value.

5.—(1) Where appropriate for the purpose of facilitating the determination of rates of remuneration in accordance with the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value, each Member should, in agreement with the representatives of the employers' and workers' organisations concerned, establish or encourage the establishment of methods for objective appraisal of the work to be performed, of the abilities required for its performance, and the conditions under which it is performed, whether by job analysis or by other procedures, with a view to providing a classification of jobs without regard to the sex of the worker; such methods should be applied in accord- ance with the provisions of Article 2 of the Convention.

(2) Differential rates between workers which correspond regardless of sex to differences, as so determined, in the work to be performed, in the abilities required for its performance and in the conditions under which it is performed, should be considered as being in accordance with the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value.

6. In order to facilitate the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value, appropriate action should be taken, where necessary, to raise the productive efficiency of women workers by such measures as-

(a) ensuring that workers of both sexes have equal or equivalent facilities for vocational guidance or employment counselling, vocational training and placement;

(b) taking appropriate measures to encourage women to use facilities for vocational guidance, employment counselling, vocational training and placement;

(c) providing welfare and social services which meet the needs of women workers, particularly those with family responsibilities, and financing such services from general public funds or social security funds or indus- trial welfare funds which are financed by payments made in respect of Pagforkers without regard to sex; and

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