Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2011, published 101st ILC session (2012)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1977)

Articles 2 to 15 of the Convention. Protection of wages. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that it is still in the process of amending numerous legislative texts, including the General Labour Act, and that all stakeholders will be afforded the opportunity to review and comment on the proposed legislation. The Government explains that two draft Labour Acts had been prepared in parallel by the Ministry of Labour and the Bolivian Workers’ Centre (COB) and an effort was presently being made to work jointly on a single text. The Committee notes, however, that the Government’s report is once more silent on the numerous points previously raised with respect to virtually all the provisions of the Convention. The Committee hopes that, in the process of the ongoing revision of the general labour legislation, the Government will not fail to give due consideration to the Committee’s detailed comments and fully implement the provisions of Articles 2 (application of the Convention to agricultural workers); 3 (payment of wages in legal tender); 5 (payment of wages directly to the worker concerned); 8 (deductions from the wages); 9 (labour contractors or recruiters); 10 (attachment or assignment of wages); 12 (final settlement of the wages due); 14 (informing workers of wage conditions); and 15(d) (keeping of wage records). The Committee again requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any concrete progress made in the process of adopting the new General Labour Act and to transmit a copy of that text as soon as it has been finalized.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the Government with respect to inspections undertaken in 2010 in different regions and the results of those inspections. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for instance, the number of workers protected by the relevant legislation, extracts from reports of the inspection services showing the number of wages-related infringements and sanctions imposed, and copies of official publications or studies addressing issues dealt with in the Convention.