E/C.12/GMB/CO/1 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. 5

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