Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Burundi (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes the report supplied by the Government, according to which all the partners in the labour market feel the urgency of adjusting the minimum wages fixed by Ministerial Ordinance No. 100/116 of 30 April 1988 and consider that carrying out a study is a preliminary stage in determining the new guaranteed minimum inter-occupational wage. However, the Government refers to a problem relating to the financing of such a study. While calling attention to the possibility of having recourse to the technical assistance of the International Labour Office in this respect, the Committee calls upon the Government to take every measure without further ado with a view to achieving the full application of the Convention. It once again emphasizes that the minimum wage fixing machinery established by the legislation must be applied effectively in view of the fundamental objective of the Convention, which is to ensure that workers earn a minimum wage that guarantees them a decent living standard.

Furthermore, noting that the report provided by the Government does not provide the information requested previously, the Committee hopes that the Government will be in a position to provide with its next report, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and Part V of the report form, general information on the application of the Convention in practice, including: (i) the SMIG and the minimum rates of wages fixed for the various categories of workers; (ii) an indication on the approximate numbers of workers covered by the minimum wage regulations; and (iii) the results of inspection visits (violations reported, sanctions imposed, etc.). Finally, the Committee requests the Government, in view of the importance of collective agreements in the determination of minimum wages, to continue to keep it informed of any development in this respect, particularly by providing copies of the collective agreements in force in the various sectors determining the minimum wages applicable to them.