Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1979)

In its previous comments the Committee asked the Government to continue to provide information on the measures adopted to abolish the practices which extend the maximum working day beyond the limits fixed within the constitutional frame thereby ensuring that the minimum hourly wage rates for road transport workers are observed. The Committee notes with satisfaction the Government's statement in its last report that on 2 September 1998 Regulation N-27298-MTSS on the "Working Conditions and Occupational Health of Bus Drivers" was adopted, which prohibits any extension of the working day beyond the limit established in sections 9(a) and 17 thereof.

The Committee is also addressing a request directly to the Government on other issues.