Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request:

Article 12 of the Convention. The Committee noted that the draft revised Labour Code includes relevant provisions respecting limitations on advances on wages, but that the draft has not yet been enacted. The Committee hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures to enact the draft Labour Code in the near future in order to bring the national legislation into conformity with this Article of the Convention, on which it has been commenting for a number of years. It requests the Government to refer also to the comments made this year under Convention No. 95.

Article 15. The Committee noted the importance that the Government attaches to the National Vocational Training Institute. It noted that the Government was endeavouring to provide the Institute with the appropriate means so that it can improve the quality of its services and progressively extend them throughout the whole of the country. However, it noted that the Government was encountering difficulties as a result of the economic situation. The Committee nevertheless hopes that the Government will continue to make the necessary efforts to achieve its objectives as regards this Institute. The Committee also recalls that, according to its previous reports, the Government stated that the draft revised Labour Code fixed the age of admission to employment at 16 years. The Committee hopes that the Government will soon adopt this draft text and that it will be possible in future to prescribe the school-leaving age at this same age. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the progress achieved in this respect in future reports.