Subject: Equal Pay International Coalition
From: Mehjabeen Alarakhia <[email-masked]>
To: Lika Klimiashvili <[email-masked]>
Cc: Tamar Barkalaia <[email-masked]>, Nani Bendeliani <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:20:18 +0000

Dear Lika,

Based on our discussion on EPIC yesterday, I understand that the Ministry is awaiting the final response from the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development. I checked the latest documents on EPIC and is indeed 3 years within which
the compliance should be met to the 6 minimum (see attached document). Regarding the criteria that Georgia meets – base do our discussion I have identified the ones we agreed upon. I have also sent a request to the EPIC Secretariat to clarify if the tripartite
commission is sufficient as a national body – though I think the intention is that it should be some kind of national body that discusses specifically Equal Pay issues. The submission to the EPIC Secretariat should include links or evidence for each criterion
that the Government meets and an plan on how the ones that are not met will be met.  Please see below and provide

o
Ratification of ILO Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) or verifiable steps being taken to ratify it;
- Met

o
Legislation in line with ILO Convention No. 100;
- could be met in 3 years (with proposed changes in labour code)

o
Ratification of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, 1976 (Article 11d);
- Met

o
Adherence to the Recommendation of the 2013 OECD Council on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship and the 2015 Recommendation of the OECD Council on Gender Equality in Public Life;
- not met

o
Compliance monitoring on equal pay legislation through labour inspection or other effective measures is undertaken;  - could be met in 3 years
(with the establishment of the Labour Inspectorate)

o
Sex-disaggregated data on wages are collected;
- could be met in 3 years (with the modifications of the Establishment Survey)

o
Policies or practices that encourage pay transparency are in place;
- could be met in 3 years (with changes to Labour Code)

o
In countries where minimum wages are set by sector or occupation, minimum wages cover also sectors and occupations where women workers predominate;
- are there any plans to do this?

o
National bodies (eg. equal employment opportunities bodies or tripartite bodies) that address equal pay are in place;
- to be determined

o
Laws, policies or measures to facilitate work-family reconciliation or increase the representation of women in companies’ boards are in place;  -
not met

o
Offer in-kind or financial support as contributions to key EPIC outputs.
– Met (however data is required to be submitted)

Thanks,

Mehjabeen

Mehjabeen Alarakhia

Programme Specialist – Women’s Economic Empowerment

UN Women

3 Kavsazde Street, Office Suite 11

Tbilisi, Georgia

Tel: (+995) 222 08 70

Cel: (+995) 591 446 120

Email: [email-masked]