Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

The Committee notes that the agreement by the National Interest Reconciliation Council on minimum wage, as well as the government decree based on this agreement, included a separate provision which provided that the compulsory amount of the national minimum wage is introduced with a few months' delay compared to other sectoral minimum wages. The period of delay is regressive -- while it was ten months in 1993, it was only five months in 1997.

The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and point V of the report form, information on the effect given in practice to the Convention in the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors, for instance: (i) the minimum wage rates in force; (ii) the available statistical data on the number and various categories of workers covered by minimum wage regulations; and (iii) the results of the inspections carried out (e.g. the number of the violations reported concerning minimum wage provisions, the sanctions imposed, etc.).