Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

The Committee notes the Government’s detailed report and the attached documents, in particular the publication by the Secretariat of Labour of April 2002 containing the resolutions of the National Wage Commission fixing the minimum wages for the various branches of activity. The Committee also notes Decree No. 77-97 of 14 February 1997, which fixes the minimum wage for the public sector. The Committee notes that, in accordance with section 456 of the Labour Code, minimum wage rates for each branch of economic activity shall be automatically reviewed by the National Wage Commission at least once every two years. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of this provision in practice, particularly in the sugar industry, footwear sector and the public sector.

Regarding the methods of enforcement of minimum wages and the sanctions imposed, the Committee notes with interest the copy of the judicial decision of 6 April 2000 attached in the Government’s report, as well as the model form for reporting violations used by the Labour Inspection Service. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on the operation of the minimum wage fixing machinery, both in law and in practice, including reports on the activities of the National Wage Commission, official studies of socio-economic aspects of minimum wages, statistical data on the number of workers covered by the various minimum wage categories, etc.