Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Türkiye (Ratification: 1975)

Supervisory machinery and sanctions. The Committee notes from the Government's report that inspections were carried out country-wide and from 1 January 1995 to 30 April 1996 a total of 65 workplaces were found to be in violation of the provisions of article 33 (minimum wages) of Labour Act No. 1475/71 and a total amount of 30,100,000 lira of administrative fines was imposed. In 1996, fines totalling an amount of 51,700,000 lira were imposed on 119 workplaces for the same category of violations.

The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the system of supervision and the sanctions established to ensure compliance with provisions respecting minimum wages, including the total number of workplaces that have been inspected in this respect. It also requests the Government to provide information on the statement in its earlier report that "a Bill to multiply by five the amounts of the fines set out in Act No. 1475 has been included on the agenda of the National Assembly".