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

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

Article 3 of the Convention. With reference to the previous comments, the Committee notes the Government's indication in its report that the committee entrusted to review the Act on the wage tribunals made recommendations so as to ensure that employers' and workers' representatives are associated in the operation of the tribunals in equal numbers and on equal terms. The Government further states that when the amendment to this Act is promulgated, the Ministry of Labour will make regulations concerning the application of this equal representation.

The Committee hopes that the modification to the Act will be accomplished in the near future so as to bring the national legislation into conformity with the provision of the Convention. It requests the Government to indicate any progress made in this regard.

Article 5 and Parts III and V of the report form. The Committee notes the Government's statement that a new agreement has been reached regarding the working conditions of loading and unloading workers in Port Sudan, that one is in the course of formation regarding drivers of large trucks, and that, as regards bakery workers, the question is under examination. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on the results of the application of the minimum wage fixing machinery, not only concerning the above categories of workers but also for other categories of workers, including information on the minimum rates of wages fixed and the approximate numbers of workers covered.