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Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172) - Uruguay (RATIFICATION: 1995)

Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Adoption and application of a policy designed to improve the working conditions of the workers concerned. Further to its previous comment, the Committee once again requests the Government to provide further information on the formulation and adoption, in consultation with the social partners, of a policy designed to improve working conditions in hotels, restaurants and similar establishments. It also requests it to provide recent information on national training programmes for hotel and restaurant workers, and to provide recent official studies on working conditions in the tourism sector in general, and in hotels and restaurants in particular.

Article 8. Application of the Convention through national laws or regulations and collective agreements. The Committee notes the adoption of Decree No. 267/08 of 10 June 2008 amending Decree No. 371/002 of 25 September 2002 respecting service providers in the rural tourism sector. It also notes the detailed information provided by the Government concerning the collective agreements covering the hotels, restaurants and bars sector. In this respect, the Committee notes the conclusion of several collective agreements for each of the eight subgroups constituting the hotels, restaurants and bars sector, which are in force until June 2010. The Committee notes that, further to the reactivation of wages councils, by virtue of Decree No. 138/2005, the rates of the minimum wages for the various categories of workers in hotels and restaurants and the procedures for their adjustment have been reissued in decrees adopted for this purpose. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any developments in this field and to provide copies of the collective agreements applicable as from the month of June 2010.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee requests the Government to provide recent information on the application of the Convention in practice indicating, for instance, the number of establishments and workers covered by the measures giving effect to the Convention, changes in the minimum wage rates applicable to the various categories of workers in the sector in relation to trends in the average wage at the national level, and reports of the inspection services indicating any difficulties encountered in the sectors to which the Convention applies, the number and nature of the violations reported, etc.