Namibia

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

Yes

If yes, when?

2010

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

Yes

If yes, when?

2001

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

Yes

If yes, when?

1992

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

N/A

Does the law mandate equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value?

Yes

Legislative reference

2007, Labour Act, Section 5(3) Available, in the original version, here.
2007, Labour Act, Section 5(3): "[I]t is discrimination on grounds of sex to differentiate without justification in any employment decision between employees who do work of equal value, or between applicants for employment who seek work of equal value".

Does the law mandate equal pay for equal work and/or non-discrimination in relation to employment and occupation?

N/A

Are there any category of workers excluded?

No provisions could be located

Is there a definition of remuneration?

Labour Act of 2007 in Section 1 defines remuneration as "the total value of all payments in money or in kind made or owing to an employee arising from the employment of that employee".

Is there a definition of work of equal value?

2007, Labour Act, Section 5(1)(g) "(g) "work of equal value" means work that - (i) is of the same or compared with any other work is broadly similar in nature having due regard to the frequency with which any differences in relation to the first- mentioned work and such other work occur and the natural extent of such differences, does not justify the determination of conditions of employment which differs from the conditions of employment prevailing in respect of any employee of the opposite sex performing such work and nature of the differences; and (ii) requires skills, abilities, responsibilities, working environment or other requirements which are of equal value to employees belonging to any sex."

Does the law mandate for objective job evaluation (to ensure equal pay for work of equal value)?

No provisions could be located

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?

Sectoral

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

Minimum Wage is set through collective bargaining. Agriculture, security industry, construction industry and domestic work sectors have minimum wage. However, Minimum Wage in the domestic sector is set through a Wage Order. Further information is available at here. Namibia has decided to establish a Wage Commission to set-up a National Minimum Wage for the country. The Wages Commission is regulated by Chapter 9 Part C of the Labour Act. 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

Namibia carries out labour inspections in all sectors of the economy. Labour inspections monitor basic conditions of employment, including pay rates. Non-compliance with the legislation can lead to corrective measures recommendations either to the Employment Equity Commissioner or, in case of race and gender discrimination, to the Police.

Other useful databases

ILO NORMLEX website
ILO NATLEX website