Theme.- Constructive social dialogue, vector of decent
work and social progress
1. The Commission commends Government efforts to
improve working conditions, in particular through Decree of 23 February 2024 to
set the minimum interprofessional wage (SMIG) for State employees governed by
the Labour Code at the sum of 43,969 CFA francs, i.e. an increase of 5 per
cent.
2. The Commission is pleased with the action it has
taken since the last ILD to ensure respect for the right to work and the right
to decent working conditions, including the right to social security by
handling complaints, as illustrated in Ms Bikom Alice against the company
Transformation Bois du Sud (TBS), following a road accident suffered by Ms
Bikom Alice on her way home from work in January 2024. The employer suspended
her salary and intended to dismiss her. Following legal assistance from the CHRC
South Branch, a complaint was filed against the employer. A conciliation
meeting followed with the aim of reinstating the victim in her job and
obtaining the payment of her salary for the months of February and March, which
had been wrongfully withheld.
3. The Commission notes with regret, following the ILO
Committee of Experts on the Application of International Conventions and
Recommendations (CEACR), that certain provisions of the laws and regulations in
force in Cameroon contravene duly ratified International Labour Organisation
(ILO) Conventions, including Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and
Protection of the Right to Organise.
4. The Commission recommends to the Government for
useful measures to take to ratify the two fundamental ILO Conventions that have
not yet been ratified, namely Convention 187 on the Promotion of Occupational
Safety and Health, 2006, and the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention,
1930.
5. The Commission equally recommends to the Government
to organise experience-sharing and refresher meetings on the implementation of
international labour standards to strengthen social dialogue for the
sustainable development of enterprises and the protection of workers and
jobseekers.
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