Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1973)

The Committee notes that in reply to the comments made in 2006 by the General Union of Cameroon Workers (UGTC), the Government confirmed in its report that the guaranteed minimum inter-occupational wage (SMIG), which was set at CFA23,514 (approximately 36 euros) per month by Decree No. 95/099/PM, of 15 February 1995, no longer corresponds to the current cost of living. It also notes that this issue will be placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the National Labour Advisory Commission (CNCT), which is currently being prepared. However, the Committee notes that according to the UGTC, the CNCT has not met for many years. It also notes the UGTC’s new comments, received on 21 August 2007 and transmitted to the Government on 13 September 2007, according to which the Government has made no effort to convene the CNCT. The Committee further notes that the Government has not replied to the allegations made by the UGTC concerning the failure to adjust minimum wages in collective agreements and the payment of wages below the SMIG. The Committee requests the Government to provide a detailed reply to its previous comments on this point and on the other issues raised. The Government is requested in particular to provide further information on the steps taken with a view to convening the CNCT in order to adjust the SMIG.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2008.]