Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2006, publiée 96ème session CIT (2007)

Convention (n° 95) sur la protection du salaire, 1949 - Fédération de Russie (Ratification: 1961)

The Committee recalls its previous observation concerning the persistent phenomenon of accumulated wage arrears affecting millions of workers and their families, and the need to intensify the Government’s efforts in order to prevent that phenomenon from becoming endemic or cyclical. It notes with regret that the Government’s report has not yet been received.

In addition, the Committee takes note of the observations made by the Independent Union of Fishermen of Kamchatka concerning the application of the Convention. The workers’ organization alleges that wages due to fishers and workers in the production of fish products – a branch of economic activity with an estimated workforce of 20,000 fishers generating 80,000 jobs onshore – are in general not paid, and that there are no appropriate and effective remedies to allow the recovery of unpaid wages. The Committee invites the Government to reply so that these comments may be examined in detail at its next session.

[The Government is asked to reply in detail to the present comments in 2007.]