Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Uganda (Ratification: 1963)

The Committee notes with regret 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 12(1) of the Convention. Regular payment of wages. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the application of the Convention has been rendered difficult due to the economic restructuring of most private and public enterprises and the resulting reduced ability of employers to pay wages. In this connection, considering also the Government’s indication that courts of law have given decisions involving questions of principle relating to the application of the Convention and that 95 per cent of the cases referred to courts concern the non-payment of wages, the Committee would appreciate receiving detailed information on the nature and extent of the difficulties encountered and the measures taken to ensure the payment of wages, including, for instance, strengthened supervision and strict application of penalties to prevent and punish infringements.