Cook Islands

Has the country ratified ILO Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)?

No

Has the country ratified ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)?

No

Has the country ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?

Yes

If yes, when?

2006

OECD's Recommendation of the Council on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship

N/A

Does the country have proactive and wage transparency laws and measures to address discriminatory pay gap (including any other measures to address undervaluation of women's work)?

No provisions could be located

Are there any provisions on minimum wage?

Yes

If yes, could you please specify whether at the national and/or sectoral level?

National

If yes, could you please provide details and appropriate reference?

Employment Relations Act 2012 Section 34 requires that the Minister review the minimum wage annually and prescribe it in a regulation. Based on the 2019 Minimum Wage Review Panel recommendations, the Minister of Internal Affairs has increased the rate of pay from $7.25 per hour to $7.60 per hour with the objective of achieving an $8.00 per hour threshold by 2020. Available, in the original version, here.

Are there any provisions in collective agreements related to the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value?

No provisions could be located

Other useful info

N/A

Other useful databases

ILO NORMLEX website