Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Sudan (Ratification: 1957)

Article 3 of the Convention. In earlier comments, the Committee has noted that, under section 4 of the Wages and Conditions of Employment Tribunals Act of 1976, tripartite representation on tribunals convened under the Act is assured, but that there is no requirement that employers' and workers' representatives be associated in the operation of the tribunals in equal numbers and on equal terms. The Committee noted from the Government's report that, in practice, such equality of representation was assured, and suggested that it might be appropriate to include such provisions in the regulations to be adopted pursuant to section 13 of the Act.

The Committee notes that the Government has informed the committee of the Ministry that is responsible for revising labour legislation about the omission in national legislation of a requirement for employers and workers to be represented in equal numbers and on equal terms in wages and conditions of employment tribunals. It also notes that contacts have been made with the Ministry of Labour with a view to adopting regulations prescribing equal representation, in accordance with the Committee's suggestion.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate further progress on this point.

Article 5 and Parts III and V of the report form. The Committee notes that new minimum wages have been fixed for approximately 21,000 workers of 18 years and over occupied in loading and unloading ships in the Port Sudan docks and the Gazila project region, and in driving large trucks. The Committee notes that other categories of workers, including bakery workers in Khartoum, could be covered by the wages and conditions of employment expected to be established by a committee which it is proposed to set up for this purpose. The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report the wages and employment conditions fixed for the above category of workers and to state whether any provision has yet been made to fix minimum wage rates for other categories of workers.