The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Right to just and favourable conditions of work (art. 7)
14. Please explain the measures in place to review periodically the minimum
wage in order to index it to the cost of living, including any consultation
held with the social partners, to enable workers and their families to enjoy a decent living. Please indicate the steps taken to extend the coverage
of the minimum wage to all workers, including seasonal workers, domestic
workers and workers involved in unpaid domestic care. Please provide information on the measures taken to enforce the minimum wage in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip and the principle of equal pay for work of equal
value in all sectors of the economy, including enforcement mechanisms and
their effectiveness.
15. Please provide information, including statistical data, on the extent of the
problem of non-payment and reduction of salaries in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip. Please explain the measures taken to ensure that workers have
access to effective remedies, including through liability actions against their
employers, and that they have accessible mechanisms that they can use to
file complaints. Please also provide information on the measures taken to
protect the right for Palestinians working in Israel or in illegal settlements to
just and favourable conditions of work, including any efforts undertaken to
that effect in cooperation with Israel.
16. Please provide information on the measures taken by the State party to
address obstacles to the formalization of its informal economy, especially in
the agricultural, hunting, fishing and construction sectors. Please describe
the measures taken to ensure that the legal protections provided under
the Labour Act also extend to workers employed in the informal sector and
workers employed informally in the formal sector. Please include the measures taken by the State party to enforce its occupational health and safety
regulations in both the formal and the informal sectors, including protection measures in the workplace and labour inspections.
17. Please describe the measures taken to combat sexual and other forms of
harassment in the workplace, and the impact thereof. In the light of the
information provided in the State party’s report,11 please also provide information on any progress made with regard to the criminalization of sexual
harassment under the draft criminal code.
18. Please provide information, including statistical data, on the progress made
in tackling the worst forms of child labour in the West Bank, including East
Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, including in construction and street vending.
11
E/C.12/PSE/1, paras. 71–72.
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