Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1994, published 81st ILC session (1994)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Bulgaria (Ratification: 1935)

The Committee notes the Government's report as well as the Labour Code as amended in December 1992 (State Gazette, No. 100, 1992).

Article 3, paragraph 2(1) and (2), of the Convention. The Committee notes that section 244 of the Code provides that the minimum wage for the country should be fixed by decree of the Council of Ministers. It also notes the provisions of section 3 concerning the principle of cooperation and consultation with the representative organizations of employers and workers. The Committee requests the Government to indicate how it is ensured in the process of minimum wage fixation that the employers and workers concerned are consulted and associated on equal footing.

Article 3, paragraph 2(3). (i) The Committee requests the Government to indicate the manner in which the minimum wage fixed under section 244 is protected from abatement by individual agreements. (ii) Noting that section 245(1) guarantees the payment of the minimum wage to the worker who has fulfilled the duties in good faith, the Committee asks the Government to specify who is the guarantor of this payment (the employer, the State or some other bodies?).