Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Iraq (Ratification: 1974)

Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention. Minimum wage system. The Committee recalls its previous comments in which it noted the adoption of Order No. 154 of 2009 setting the new minimum wage rate for the private sector at 12,000 Iraqi dinars (approximately US$10.20) per day. The Committee also recalls the Government’s statement that the consultative committee on the minimum wage was expected to meet and make recommendations on the readjustment of that minimum wage rate in view of the increasing inflation rate. In its last report, however, the Government does not indicate any new developments concerning the review of the minimum wage. The Committee requests the Government to provide up-to-date information on the revision of the current minimum wage level, especially in light of the provisions of section 57 of the new draft Labour Code (as it read in the text communicated to the Office in July 2010), which establishes the composition of the consultative committee responsible for proposing, at regular intervals, the minimum wage rate for an unskilled worker, enumerates the elements to be taken into consideration in determining the level of the minimum wage and provides for three yearly reviews of the cost of living and other economic conditions. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information, including labour inspection statistics, if available, on measures taken to ensure compliance with the applicable minimum wage, especially as regards migrant construction workers who are reportedly subjected to abusive pay practices.