Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

In one of its previous reports, the Government stated that there is not at present any minimum wage-fixing machinery, nor any plans to update the present legislation, and that the legislation of 1968 and 1969 is considered to be superseded. It added that the great majority of workers (around 70 per cent), with the exception of domestic workers and the self-employed, are covered by collective agreements.

The Committee noted these statements and requested the Government to indicate whether it planned to adopt minimum wage-fixing machinery for those workers not covered by either collective agreements or a minimum wage order and to indicate the consultations that could take place in this respect with the organisations of employers and workers concerned, as laid down in the Convention.

The Committee notes that, for the second time in succession, the Government has not supplied a report. It hopes that the Government will not fail to submit a report for its examination at the next session and that this report will contain full information on the above matters and information on how effect is given to the Convention in practice (including extracts of reports of the inspection services, copies of some of the collective agreements establishing minimum wage rates and the number of workers covered by such agreements).