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

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Iraq (Ratification: 1974)

1. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information in the Government's report, particularly concerning Article 3 and Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 3(b), of the Convention and also the attached copy of the Order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, No. 1 of 1991, which sets up the committee under section 46(1) of the Labour Code.

2. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the latest rates of minimum wages fixed or adjusted by the above committee during the period covered by the report (Article 4, paragraph 1). It also requests it to supply any available information on the approximate number of workers covered by the minimum wages under the Labour Code (Article 1).

3. Noting the Government's indication that the authorities use the same measures for fixing the minimum wages for young persons, apprentices and the disabled, the Committee asks the Government to clarify whether this means that these categories of workers are covered by the general minimum wages or that separate rates applicable to them are fixed by the same method.

4. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the application of minimum wages in practice, including, in particular, the number of infringements especially of Part IV, Chapter 2, section 47 of the Code, which have been observed by labour inspectors, and the number of sanctions imposed under section 53.