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

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Bulgaria (Ratification: 1935)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report in reply to its previous request.

Article 3, paragraph 2(1) and (2), of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's indication that, based on the tripartite principles approved by the Regulations on the Functions of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC), the NCTC is a national body for consultations and cooperation in solving the problems of labour relations and social security, as well as the living standards problems. Government, trade unions' and employers' representatives participate in the NCTC. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on the composition of the NCTC, together with a copy of the above Regulations.

Article 3, paragraph 2(3). In the absence of reply to its previous request, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or contemplated to protect the minimum wage fixed under section 244 of the Labour Code from abatement by individual agreements.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 2000.]