Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Eswatini (Ratification: 1978)

Article 14 of the Convention. Information on wages before entering employment. Wage statements. The Committee notes that section 22(1)(b) of the Employment Act provides that employers shall give their employees written particulars of their contract of employment, including information on wages, within six weeks of the beginning of their employment. It also notes that section 22(2) excludes certain employees, including domestic employees, from its application. In this regard, the Committee recalls that Article 14(a) requires effective measures to be taken in order to ensure that employees are informed of conditions in respect of wages before they enter employment. Moreover, the Committee notes that section 61(1) of the same Act, which gives effect to Article 14(b) by requiring employers to provide wage statements to their employees at the same time of each payment, does not apply to domestic employees. The Committee therefore requests the Government to take the necessary measures in the context of the ongoing reform of the Employment Act to review sections 22 and 61(1) of that Act in order to ensure that all employees are informed of conditions in respect of wages before they enter employment and that all employees receive wage statements at the time of each payment. It requests the Government to provide information on the progress made in this respect.