Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2013, publiée 103ème session CIT (2014)

Convention (n° 26) sur les méthodes de fixation des salaires minima, 1928 - Tchad (Ratification: 1960)

Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention. Minimum wage fixing machinery. The Committee notes that the information furnished by the Government according to which, following the re-evaluation of the guaranteed minimum interoccupational wage (SMIG) and the guaranteed minimum agricultural wage (SMAG) (Decree No. 55/PR/PM/MFPT/2011), a joint committee responsible for the revision of the salary scale for the private sector had been established (Order No. 017/PR/PM/MFPT/SG/DGAT/2011), and the new scale was approved and rendered executory (Decree No. 111/PR/PM/MFPT/2011). While noting comments of the Government according to which the whole socio-economic context of which the cost of living and the basket of basic needs have been taken into account when establishing new minimum wage rates, the Committee requests the Government to specify the legislative text, regulations or other documents which state the criteria to be considered for such an operation.

Article 3, paragraph 2(3). Mandatory character of minimum wages. The Committee notes that section 7 of the aforementioned Decree No. 55 provides that minimum wages for young workers from 14 to 18 years of age with apprenticeship contracts shall not be less than 80 per cent of the minimum wage for the professional post occupied. The Committee also notes that section 46 of the general collective agreement applicable to workers in the Republic of Chad provides that young workers of less than 18 years of age who are not associated with an enterprise by an apprenticeship contract have the guarantee of a minimum wage for the professional post occupied with a maximum reduction of 40 per cent for young persons from 14 to 16 years of age, and 20 per cent for young persons from 16 to 18 years of age. The Committee wishes to recall that, excepting the provisions concerning apprenticeship, the reasons for the adoption of a lesser minimum wage rate for young workers should be the subject of a periodic re-examination on the basis of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, and the level of remuneration should be established on the basis of objective factors, such as the quantity and quality of work done. Consequently, the Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report any developments concerning the difference in minimum wage rates with respect to age, particularly in view of the full application of the “equal pay for work of equal value” principle.