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

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Lebanon (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report in reply to previous comments.

Article 1, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's indication that the Code of Obligations and Contracts applies to domestic servants and workers in the agricultural sector and does not provide for the fixing of a minimum wage for those two categories of workers. The Committee notes with interest the Government's statement that the draft Act on Agricultural Workers, which is still under examination, provides in one of its sections that the provisions of the Decree on the minimum wage and the increase in the cost of living which are applicable to wage-earners subject to the Labour Code should be applied to the agricultural workers defined by this draft Act.

The Committee requests the Government to keep providing information on developments on this issue, and to communicate a copy of the Act on Agricultural Workers as soon as it is adopted. It also asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or contemplated to broaden the coverage of minimum wage regulations to domestic workers.

Article 2, paragraph 1, in conjunction with Article 5 and point V of the report form. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government concerning the application of the Convention in practice. It requests the Government to continue to communicate such types of information, including: (i) the minimum wage rates in force; (ii) the available data on the number and different categories of workers covered by minimum wage provisions; and (iii) the results of inspections carried out (e.g. the number of violations of minimum wage provisions revealed, the penalties imposed, etc.).