Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

Convention concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 (No. 63) - Algeria (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes that the wage statistics available on the web site of the Algerian National Statistics Office (www.ons.dz) refer solely to overall payroll trends (and to the income of self-employed workers) between 1997 and 2001. Noting the absence of statistics on average earnings by branch of economic activity and recalling that such statistics and the corresponding methodological information should be sent to the ILO as soon as possible, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the manner in which effect is given to the provisions of Part II of the Convention on the subject and specify, if appropriate, the type of source on the basis of which the abovementioned data are compiled and published.

The Government is also requested once again to take measures to compile and publish: (i) statistics of hours actually worked or paid in the mining, manufacturing, building and construction industries, in accordance with Part II of the Convention; and (ii) statistics of wages and hours of work in agriculture, in accordance with Article 22, and to keep the Office informed of any progress made in this regard.

Finally, referring to its general observation on the Convention, which was repeated in 2000, the Committee again invites the Government to contemplate ratifying the Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160), and thus ipso jure denouncing the present Convention. In this respect, technical assistance from the Office may be requested in order to facilitate the process.