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

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Morocco (Ratification: 1958)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its reports and the discussion that took place on the matter in question at the Conference Committee in 1992.

Article 3, paragraph 2(1) and (2), of the Convention. In reply to the comments made by the Democratic Confederation of Labour and the General Union of Moroccan Workers to the effect that the Government fixes minimum wages for the different sectors unilaterally and without consulting workers' organizations, and that the Central Committee on Wages and Prices, established under the Dahir of 31 October 1959, is no longer in operation, the Government indicates in its reports that it never fails to consult employers' and workers' organizations concerning the fixing of minimum wages, in particular through tripartite committees set up as part of the dialogue between the Government and the social partners, and that the employers' organizations and the trade unions, including the two complainant organizations, were consulted before the most recent minimum wage adjustments in 1991 and 1992. The Committee notes this information and asks the Government to specify the composition and operation of these tripartite committees and to provide the provisions of the law under which they were established together with detailed information on the way they operate in practice.

Article 4, paragraph 1. With regard to violations of minimum wage provisions, which were also referred to in the above-mentioned comments, the Government states that, in 1992, the labour inspectorate recorded 1,158 violations of the legal provisions on wages. The Committee notes this information and asks the Government to give more detailed information on the operation of the inspection service, including, for example, the number of violations of minimum wage provisions recorded, the records drawn up by inspectors and the sanctions applied.