Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1987, published 74th ILC session (1987)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1957)

1. The Committee notes the adoption of Act No. 1 of 2 January 1985, regulating employment conditions for public employees, and particularly the provisions permitting the engagement of temporary, seasonal and occasional workers by public bodies and the extension of the protection of these provisions, including those with regard to wages, to such workers.

2. However, the Committee recalls that temporary workers other than those working for public bodies are excluded from the coverage of Book II, Chapter II, of the Labour Code under section 88(a). In particular, the Committee recalls that the protection afforded by sections 54 and 66 of the Labour Code (regarding limitations on deductions from wages under certain conditions), which give effect to Article 8, paragraph 1, of the Convention, has not yet been extended to temporary workers. The Committee further observes that these workers also are entitled to the protection of sections 85 and 87 of the Labour Code (relating to protection of wages owed by the employer, his successor or assignee in cases of bankruptcy, etc.), which are in harmony with the requirements of Article 11, paragraph 1. The Committee recalls the Government's statement to the effect that it had prepared a draft Decree to amend the Labour Code in certain respects in relation to several Conventions. The Committee hopes that the Government will take its comments into account during the discussion and adoption of the above draft Decree and that the necessary measures to ensure the full application of the Convention will be taken in the near future.