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The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 1 of the Convention, in conjunction with Article 5 and Part V of the report form. According to the Government, the last Minimum Wages Advisory Board was appointed in 1995 and it submitted its report in July 1996 to the Government for appropriate action. The Government issued a statutory instrument to enforce the minimum wage. However, there are other labour laws such as the Employment Decree No. 4 of 1975 and its regulations No. 41 of 1977 which are to enforce the minimum wage. In addition, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare has a network of labour officers and labour inspectors to monitor among others the observance of the minimum wage.

The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the results of inspections carried out with respect to the enforcement of the minimum wage regulations (e.g. the number of violations of minimum wage provisions, the penalties imposed, etc.). It also asks the Government to provide other general information on the application of the Convention in practice, such as the minimum wage rate(s) in force, the available data on the number and different categories of workers covered by minimum wage provisions, etc.