Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Hungary (Ratification: 1932)

The Committee notes with interest the new Labour Code (Act XXII of 1992) as well as the information supplied in the Government's report, including comments made by the National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions. It requests the Government to provide further information on the following points:

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes that section 203(2)(a) of the Code authorizes the Government to enact regulations concerning the employment of outworkers (homeworkers). It requests the Government to indicate whether any regulations made under this provision concern minimum rates of wages for outworkers. The Committee also asks the Government to supply information on any mandatory minimum wage fixed for specified categories of workers under section 144(3);

Article 3, paragraph 2(2). The Committee notes that, in virtue of section 17 of the Code, the Government is "to make decisions regarding the minimum wage in concurrance with the Council of Conciliation". It requests the Government to indicate whether workers and employers are represented in this Council in equal numbers and on equal terms, and to communicate statutory provisions, if any, concerning the establishment and the functioning of this Council;

Article 3, paragraph 2(3). The Committee asks the Government to supply information on any departure from the mandatory minimum wage regarding young workers and the disabled permitted in virtue of section 144(6) of the Code;

Article 4. The Committee notes that the above-mentioned workers' organization points out in its comments that, despite the legislative arrangement, there are numerous cases of payment of wages lower than the prescribed rates, for economic reasons, in such fields as water management. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on measures taken or envisaged to give effect to the provisions of this Article of the Convention, in particular on the system of supervision and sanctions, including the system of inspection, and on the procedure of recovery in the case of non-observance of the minimum wages;

Article 5. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the results of the application of the minimum wage fixing machinery as required under this Article, including such information as the approximate numbers of workers covered, the minimum rates of wages fixed, and the more important of the other conditions, if any, established relevant to the minimum rates.