Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Republic of Moldova (Ratification: 1996)

Article 11 of the Convention. Wages as privileged debts in bankruptcy proceedings. The Committee notes the comments of the union of the SA “Glodeni-Zahar”, which were received on 9 October 2013 and transmitted to the Government on 4 November 2013. The union refers to the bankruptcy proceedings initiated in 2009 against the SA “Glodeni-Zahar” sugar processing company and indicates that as long as employees’ wage claims rank lower than those of secured creditors, there is a risk that workers remain unpaid at the end of the distribution of liquidated assets. The union further indicates that, in this case, Moldova-Gaz as a guaranteed creditor will have to be satisfied in full and as a result workers will not be able to recover even a fraction of their claims. The Committee invites the Government to submit any comments it considers necessary in response to the observations of the union of the SA “Glodeni-Zahar”. The Government is also requested to reply to the direct request the Committee addressed in 2012.