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The Committee urges the State party to include, in its next periodic report, updated
statistical data on unemployment, disaggregated by sex, age and urban/rural
population. It should also report on the concrete measures taken to create
employment, including the adoption of a new Employment Programme, and on their
effectiveness. The State party is further requested to step up its efforts to reduce
unemployment among women and youth. The Committee draws the State party’s
attention to its general comment No. 18 (2005) on the right to work.
Minimum wage
16.
The Committee is concerned that the State party has not set a national minimum
wage (art. 7).
The Committee urges the State party to take the necessary measures under the
Labour Act to establish a national minimum wage that is periodically reviewed and
set at a level sufficient to provide all workers and their families with a decent living.
Workers in the informal sector
17.
The Committee is concerned at the high concentration of workers in the informal
sector, which is not covered by basic labour standards or social protection, and at the
inadequate action by the State party to address this situation (arts. 7 and 9).
The Committee recommends that the State party adopt measures aimed at reducing
the proportion of workers in the informal sector by taking steps to regularize it
gradually. The State party is also requested to guarantee that such workers are able to
exercise their labour rights, including the right to social security.
Sexual harassment in the workplace
18.
While noting that sexual harassment is addressed by the Act on Violence against
Women and Girls, the Committee notes with concern that sexual harassment in the
workplace is reportedly widespread, and regrets the lack of data on complaints and court
cases relating to sexual harassment, and on their outcome (art. 7).
The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report
information on the incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace as well as data on
cases of sexual harassment brought to the courts, and their outcome. It also
recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to raise public awareness of sexual
harassment.
Social security
19.
The Committee is concerned about the lack of universal social security coverage in
the State party and about the limited information on the existing social security programmes
and their coverage. The Committee also expresses its concern at the insufficient amounts of
pensions (art. 9).
Recalling its general comment No. 19 (2008) on the right to social security, the
Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures to increase social
security coverage, and provide detailed information in its next periodic report on
progress made thereon. The Committee encourages the State party to consider setting
up a social protection floor, in line with recommendation No. 202 (2012) of the
International Labour Organization. The Committee also recommends that the State
party increase and regularly review the amounts of pensions to allow for an adequate
standard of living for recipients and their families.
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