Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Ecuador (Ratification: 1970)

The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request:

Article 5 of the Convention. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee takes noted that the "Bulletin of Statistics and Legislation concerning the Labour Inspection Service. Summary of the period 1984 to 1987" contains no information on the activities of the labour inspectorate relating to the observance of the provisions on minimum wages. The Committee also noted that section 3, subsection 2, of the new Regulations concerning the health and safety of workers and the improvement of the working environment, which define the powers and responsibilities of the Ministry of Labour in this field, provides that the Ministry is responsible for collecting data at the national level concerning the composition and number of the working population, working hours and the number of occupational accidents and diseases. The Committee trusts that, independently of the provisions of the above Regulations, the labour authorities and in particular the labour inspectorate will ensure, in accordance with the provisions of the Labour Code (sections 604 to 609) that the provisions concerning minimum wages are effectively applied. The Committee therefore requests the Government to provide information on the activities carried out by the labour inspectorate to ensure the application of the standards concerning minimum wages, and to supply extracts from labour inspection reports on the visits made, the infringements registered and the penalties imposed.