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Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Chad (RATIFICATION: 1960)

Article 12 of the Convention. Payment of wages at regular intervals. Following their previous comments concerning the serious difficulties encountered in the payment of public sector wages, the Committee notes the Government’s indications that it has made enormous efforts to ensure payment of civil servants’ salaries on time, and that in case errors are observed in preparing payment, these errors are automatically rectified. The Committee understands that the situation of wage arrears persists in the public sector and especially for teachers and hospital personnel, with delays in payment often of several months, which has led recently to repeated movements of protest. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Government to pursue its efforts to eliminate these practices of late payment or non-payment of wages, and also requests it to provide reliable statistical information on the present state of the problem, indicating the number of workers affected, the main sectors involved and the total amount of wages due.