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

Convention (n° 131) sur la fixation des salaires minima, 1970 - Liban (Ratification: 1977)

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Scope of application – Binding force of the minimum wage. Further to its previous comments regarding the exclusion of domestic and agricultural workers from the scope of application of the draft Labour Code, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the draft law on agricultural workers and the draft law on decent work for domestic workers have both been submitted to the Council of Ministers for adoption. The Committee recalls that in its report communicated in 2007, the Government had indicated that under the draft Labour Code, the minimum wage would be applicable to all male and female workers who had reached 18 years of age, as contrasted to 20 years of age provided for in the legislation currently in force. The Committee therefore requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any further developments regarding the adoption of the new Labour Code and the two laws on agricultural workers and domestic workers, especially as regards the minimum wage coverage of the workers concerned.

Articles 3 and 4. Review and adjustment of minimum wages. The Committee notes that a draft decree on the re-establishment of the tripartite committee on the high cost of living and wages policy has been referred to the Council of Ministers. The Committee understands that the committee on the high cost of living and wages policy will replace the committee on the consumer price index set up by Decree No. 4206 of 8 August 1981, although the functions and composition will remain practically unchanged. In addition, the Committee understands that with respect to the controversy about the inclusion of transportation allowance in the minimum wage, Act No. 217 of 30 March 2012 and Decree No. 8819 of 4 September 2012, have finally separated the payment of that allowance from the minimum wage fixing process. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the functioning of the minimum wage fixing machinery in practice, in particular on the institutional framework for conducting full and effective consultations with the social partners for the establishment and periodic review of the minimum wage levels.