Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1972)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government concerning the development towards the amendment of the Labour Code. It notes however that the proposed modifications do not relate to the scope of the Code (in particular, of the minimum wage order under its section 159), from which domestic servants are excluded under section 5. The Committee requests the Government to supply information concerning the fixing of minimum wages of domestic servants.

2. In the absence of the Government's reply, the Committee again requests it to indicate any measures taken or envisaged to ensure application of the minimum wages fixed under the Labour Code to the homeworkers, and in particular to those who work under the employer's authority or supervision, and who are thus covered by the Code under section 2. The Committee asks the Government to refer in this regard to paragraphs 79 and 87 of the General Survey on Minimum Wages of 1992 (International Labour Conference, 79th Session, Report IV (Part 4B)).

3. As to the application in practice of the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the minimum wages that have been fixed or adjusted recently (Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Convention), as well as on the application of the minimum wages (Article 5 and point V of the report form), including, for example, extracts from the reports of the inspection services.