Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report contains only superficial information which does not reply to its previous comments. It hopes that the next report will include full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government on Act No. 278 of 1976 governing the membership and duties of the Standing Committee on the Coordination of Wage Policies and Labour, established under section 56 of the Constitution. It notes that this committee - a tripartite body containing employers’ and workers’ representatives on an equal footing - is, inter alia, responsible for fixing by means of consultation the general minimum wage, taking into account the need to ensure a quality of life worthy of a worker and his family.

Finally, with reference once again to the previous comments concerning the failure to observe minimum wage rates between 1988 and 1992 - given the results of the inspection visits made in the first half of 1988 and the second half of 1992 respectively - the Committee hopes that the Government will soon be able to provide information and explanations on this matter. It also hopes that the Government will provide information on the application of the Convention, by indicating for example the number of workers covered by the minimum wage system, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and point V of the report form.