Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1998, publiée 87ème session CIT (1999)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report in response to its previous comments.

Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Convention, read in conjunction with Article 5 and point V of the report form. The Committee notes the Government's statement to the effect that in the branches of activity covered by the labour inspection system the Convention is generally applied and that no special reports have been drawn up by the inspectors concerning the application of minimum wages. The Government adds that, during 1997, 1,083 infringements of the legislative provisions relative to minimum wages had been observed.

The Committee again requests the Government to specify the sanctions which have been imposed in respect of the above infringements and to provide detailed information in respect of the activities of the labour inspection services, particularly with regard to supervising the legislative provisions relative to the minimum wage. Moreover, the Committee notes the statistics provided by the Government concerning the adjustment of the minimum wage, at several intervals, between 1981 and 1996. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information in respect of the practical application of the Convention and to include, in particular, the available statistics in respect of the number and different categories of workers subjected to the regulation governing minimum wage rates as well as the results of the labour inspection activities.