Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

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

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous comments.

Article 3 of the Convention. The Government repeats the indication that the Wages and Conditions of Employment Tribunals Act of 1976 is still being reviewed by the tripartite committee responsible for reviewing the whole of the labour legislation. The Committee again expresses the hope that the amendments will be completed without delay in order to bring the national legislation into harmony with the provisions of the Convention. It asks the Government to provide a copy of the amended Act and all regulations made under it, as soon as they have been adopted.

Furthermore, the Committee notes Act No. 61 of 1991 on the public service, which provides, amongst other things, that the regulations must deal with wage-fixing machinery. The Committee asks the Government to state whether any bodies, public establishments or companies belonging to the State fall within the industrial sector. If so, please provide any relevant regulations on minimum wage-fixing machinery and state the number of workers covered by it.

Article 5 and Parts III and V of the report form. The Government indicates that the decisions and conditions of employment concerning truck drivers came into force in September 1993. The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of the Order of the Ministry of Labour issued for this purpose and which is referred to in the report. Furthermore, with regard to dockers in Port Sudan, the Committee hopes that the Government will be able in the near future to provide full information on the results of the tripartite committee responsible for preparing a new collective agreement. Please also provide information on developments in the fixing of wages and conditions of employment of workers in the bakery sector. More generally, the Committee hopes that the Government will shortly provide information on the results of the operation of the minimum wage-fixing machinery, as regards not only the above categories but the other categories of workers, indicating in particular the minimum wages fixed and the approximate number of workers concerned.