Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

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Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) (Ratification: 1961)
Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) (Ratification: 1980)

In order to provide a comprehensive view of the issues relating to the application of the ratified Conventions on wages, the Committee considers it appropriate to examine Conventions Nos 131 (minimum wage) and 95 (protection of wages) together.

Minimum wage

Articles 3 and 4 of Convention No. 131. Elements to be considered in determining minimum wage levels. Machinery for fixing and adjusting minimum wages. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s report. Noting that the minimum interoccupational guaranteed wage (SMIG) has not been revised since 2012, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the work of the Labour and Employment Advisory Committee (CCTE) concerning the assessment of factors which may provide the basis of the minimum wage, and the assessment of the minimum vital wage and general economic conditions, as provided for in section 260 of the Labour Code, and on the manner in which these socio-economic criteria will be taken into account during the forthcoming examination of the SMIG rates.

Protection of wages

Article 8(1) of Convention No. 95. Deductions from wages. Further to its previous comments on section 180 of the Labour Code under which deductions of wages may be made on the deposits (consignations) envisaged in individual labour contracts, and in the absence of new information on this matter, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on these deposits (consignations) and to indicate the conditions and limits in accordance with which they can be subject to deductions of wages.