Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 (No. 63) - Syrian Arab Republic (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

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Article 1(c) of the Convention. Communication to the ILO of the statistics covered by the Convention. The Government indicates in its report that statistical information was gathered on the average monthly wages and on the average working hours of wage earners who are over the age of 15. The Committee notes, however, that statistics on working time and earnings of employees were not submitted to the ILO Department of Statistics via its annual questionnaire on labour statistics. The Committee therefore requests that the Government communicate statistical information on wages and hours of work, disaggregated by main economic activity, derived from the latest Manpower Survey.

The Committee notes the recommendations of the Standards Review Mechanism Tripartite Working Group and the corresponding decision of the Governing Body at its 328th Session in October–November 2016 (GB.328/LILS/2/1) calling upon the Office to commence follow-up with member States that are still bound by the Convention, encouraging them to ratify the Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160), as the most up-to-date instrument in this area, and resulting in the automatic denunciation of Convention No. 63. The Committee reminds the Government of the availability of ILO technical assistance in this regard.

While acknowledging the complexity of the situation prevailing on the ground due to the presence of armed groups and armed conflict in the country, the Committee trust that the Government will make all efforts to bring its law and practice into conformity with the Convention.