Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1961)

Other comments on C026

Observation

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Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention. Adjustment of minimum wages and consultations with social partners. The Committee notes the adoption of Decree No. 2011/237 of 24 October 2011, by virtue of which the minimum guaranteed interoccupational wage (SMIG) was increased by 43 per cent and is now fixed at 30,000 Mauritanian ouguiyas (MRO) (approximately US$101) per month. It also notes the Government’s statement that it has undertaken the commitment to engage in negotiations for the readjustment of the SMIG on a two-yearly basis and to make every effort to ensure that the minimum wage follows the evolution of the consumer price index based on reliable surveys of the economic conditions prevailing in the country. The Committee requests the Government to transmit a copy of the abovementioned Decree and to indicate whether it intends to introduce a specific provision in the Labour Code regarding the revision of the SMIG every two years.

In this respect, the Committee understands that the General Confederation of Workers of Mauritania (CGTM) did not participate in the negotiations that led to the latest readjustment of the minimum wage claiming that it has been illegally excluded from the work of the National Council for Labour, Employment and Social Security. While noting the Government’s announced intention to review minimum wage rates regularly with a view to providing workers with a satisfactory standard of living, the Committee requests the Government to provide more detailed information on the process of tripartite consultations and on the method of appointment of workers’ and employers’ representatives to the National Council for Labour, Employment and Social Security.