Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 8, paragraph 1, of the Convention. In its previous comments, the Committee expressed the hope that the Government would take the necessary measures to enact the draft Labour Code as revised to take into account the Committee’s comments relating to the conditions for and limits on deductions from wages.

The Committee notes that the Government’s latest report does not refer to the draft amendment, but describes the existing provisions, which permit deductions from wages in authorized cases, such as social security contributions and the payment of taxes, and which limit the proportion of wages that may be attached or assigned. The Committee recalls that, in accordance with this Article of the Convention, deductions from wages can only be made under conditions and to the extent prescribed by national laws or regulations or fixed by collective agreement.

The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the measures adopted for this purpose, including steps taken towards the adoption of the above draft Labour Code.

Part V of the report form. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that there are no major practical difficulties concerning the application of the Convention. It nevertheless requests the Government to include appropriate information in future reports, particularly on the results of inspection visits and the number and nature of the violations reported.