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

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Central African Republic (Ratification: 2006)

Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention. Minimum wage-fixing machinery and consultations with the social partners. The Committee notes that, according to the information provided by the Government, the Standing National Labour Council (CNPT) is now operational, despite certain financial difficulties that are currently being resolved. The Committee recalls that the CNPT, established by Ordinance No. 04.006 of 1 February 2004, the operation and organization of which are governed by Decree No. 07.177 of 18 June 2007, is still not in a position to fulfil its mandate of full and effective consultation with a view to the adjustment of minimum wage rates. The Committee also recalls the Government’s indication in its previous report that an order appointing the members of the CNPT was in the process of being finalized. While emphasizing the fundamental importance of tripartite consultations for the proper operation of minimum wage-fixing machinery, as advocated by the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to provide specific information on the operation of the CNPT including, for example, copies of the opinions issued by the CNPT on the level of the interoccupational minimum wage, in accordance with sections 226 and 227 of Act No. 09.004 of 29 January 2009 issuing the Labour Code, of studies and statistics examined by the CNPT during the course of its work, as well as a copy of the Order establishing the composition of the CNPT.

Article 5 and Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes that, since the ratification of the Convention in 2006, the Government has not provided any information on the application of the Convention in practice. The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, with an indication of the rates of the minimum inter-occupational guaranteed wage (SMIG) and the minimum guaranteed agricultural wage (SMAG) that are currently in force, as well as the approximate number of workers remunerated at the minimum wage rates, as well as, for example, extracts of the reports of the labour inspection services indicating the number of violations reported of the minimum wage legislation and the sanctions applied.