Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government concerning the application of Articles 4, 10 and 14(a) of the Convention.

Article 8, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee has been requesting the Government to clarify the meaning of section 170 of the Labour Code of 1996 under which deductions may be made for deposits (consignations) prescribed by individual contracts of employment. In view of the fact that the Convention permits deductions from wages only under the conditions and to the extent prescribed by national laws or regulations or fixed by collective agreements or arbitral awards, the above provision would need to be revised and therefore the Committee would suggest that the words "and the individual labour contract" (et les contrats) should be deleted while the expression "compulsory levies" (prélèvements obligatoires) should be defined by reference to specific provisions of the Labour Code authorizing such levies. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps at the first suitable opportunity in order to bring the national legislation into conformity with this Article of the Convention and to report on any progress made in this respect.

Part V of the report form. The Committee notes that the Government has not supplied in recent years any information on the practical application of the Convention, particularly as regards measures to ensure compliance with the national legislation in respect of wage protection. The Committee requests therefore the Government to make every effort to obtain and communicate in its next report concrete information, including for instance extracts from official reports, statistics on the number of inspection visits carried out and the results obtained in regard to the matters dealt with in the Convention, as well as any other particulars on the effect given to the Convention in practice.