Observación (CEACR) - Adopción: 2009, Publicación: 99ª reunión CIT (2010)

Articles 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 and 14 of the Convention. Revision of the labour legislation. The Committee has been commenting for some years on numerous divergences that persist between the Labour Act 1997 currently in force and certain provisions of the Convention. In its last report, the Government confined itself to reiterating that a tripartite committee had been set up to prepare a new consolidated draft Labour Code and that technical assistance had already been received from the Office to this effect. The Committee asks the Government to keep the Office informed of the revision process and to transmit a copy of the new draft Labour Act, once it has been finalized. In particular, the Committee asks the Government to indicate whether the new labour legislation is expected to extend its coverage to agricultural and other categories of workers currently excluded, and how it is intended to give effect to the specific requirements of Articles 4 (partial payment of wages in kind), 6 (freedom of workers to dispose of their wages), 8 (deductions from wages based on individual agreement), 10 (conditions and limits of attachment of wages), 13 (place of wage payment) and 14 (notification of wage conditions and statement of earnings) of the Convention.

The Committee recalls, in this connection, that the General Survey of 2003 on the protection of wages contains documented information and practical guidance as to how legislative conformity with the Convention may be attained. It also recalls that the Government may continue to draw upon the technical advice and expertise of the Office on these matters, if it so wishes. The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to provide in its next report a detailed response to all the points raised above.