CMNT_TITLE

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Comoros (RATIFICATION: 1978)

Article 3 of the Convention. Minimum wage fixing. Further to its previous observation in which it noted with regret that no progress had been made over the past nine years with respect to the readjustment of the guaranteed interoccupational minimum wage (SMIG), the Committee notes the observations of the Confederation of Workers of Comoros (CTC), dated 31 August 2011, concerning the application of the Convention. The CTC regrets that the compromise monthly minimum wage of 35,000 Comoro francs (KMF) (approximately €70) has still not been made official and that the Higher Council of Labour and Employment (CSTE) has not been reconvened since 2002. The CTC is of the view that the authorities are deliberately blocking the establishment of the SMIG under the pressure of certain employers. In its reply, the Government indicates that the question of a real assessment of the minimum wage will be examined shortly by the CSTE and that following a number of different studies a minimum rate of approximately €70 has been retained and will be proposed for adoption. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any measures taken or envisaged for the determination of the SMIG and the reactivation of the CSTE.