Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Articles 3 and 5 of the Convention. The Committee notes the information supplied concerning the new wages policy adopted by the Government. The Committee notes that the Executive Council has been made responsible for fixing the minimum wage on the basis of data on average family incomes and that consultations were held with the National Association of Enterprises of Zaire (ANEZA) and the National Union of Workers of Zaire (UNTZA) in order to study the ways and means of formulating a dynamic wages policy and fixing a new guaranteed minimum inter-occupational wage so as to bring wages as nearly as possible into line with the cost of living. The Committee requests the Government to report on the outcome of these consultations and to indicate whether and, if so, what new minimum wage rates have been fixed in this manner. The Committee also notes that, due to the lack of reliable statistics, the Government cannot indicate the number of workers covered by minimum wages, but that it hopes to be able to do so in its next report. The Committee hopes that the Government will be able to supply this information in the near future.