Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Bahamas (Ratification: 1976)

1. Parts III and VI of the Convention. Migrant workers. Education and training. The Committee takes note of the information provided in the Government’s reports of August 2000 and October 2003 in reply to its previous comments. It notes the entry into force of the Minimum Wages Act of 2001 as well as the information contained in the June 1998 Labour Market Information Newsletter. It hopes that the Government’s next report on the application of the Convention will keep providing information dealing with migrant workers and education and training including updated data illustrating that the improvement of standards of living have been regarded as the principal objective in the planning of economic development (Article 2 of the Convention).

2. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that urban renewal projects conduct official inquiries into living conditions separate and apart from National Census and research initiatives. It asks the Government to provide information on the promotion of cooperatives and the improvement of standards of living for workers in the informal economy (Articles 4(e) and 5 of the Convention). The Government might consider it useful to refer to the Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193), and the resolution concerning decent work and the informal economy adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 90th Session (June 2002).