Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Zimbabwe (Ratification: 1993)

The Committee notes the information supplied in the Government's report.

Article 3, paragraph 2(2), of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's indication that employment boards are now defunct, after being abolished by the Labour Relations Amendment Act 12/92. Section 19 of Chapter 28 of the Labour Relations Act No. 01/96 provides for the composition of the Salaries and Wages Advisory Board, which is tripartite, with representatives from the Government, the Employers' Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ) and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Functions of the Salaries and Wages Advisory Board are: (a) fixing of minimum wages and benefits for employees; (b) fixing of ceilings on wages or salaries or benefits; and (c) dealing with any other matters to which minimum wages notices may relate.

The Committee also notes the information concerning the National Employment Councils (NEC) under sections 56 to 62 of Chapter 28 of the Labour Relations Act No. 01/96.

Article 5 of the Convention, in conjunction with point V of the report form. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying general information on the application of the Convention in practice, including: (i) the minimum wage rates in force; (ii) the available data on the number and different categories of workers covered by minimum wage provisions; and (iii) the results of inspections carried out (e.g. the number of violations of minimum wage provisions revealed, the penalties imposed, etc.).