Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Curaçao

Article 16 of the Convention. Implementing legislation. The Committee notes that the dismantling process of the Netherlands Antilles has been completed and that as from 10 October 2010 the Government of Curaçao has full law-making power within the new autonomous country. The Committee also notes the information provided by the Government concerning the performance of the local economy in the past two years and the ongoing restructuring of the civil service. The Committee observes, however, that in its first report on the application of the Convention, the Government was expected to present a full overview of the state of law and practice in the matters dealt with in the Convention.

In this connection, the Committee recalls that the information that has been made available over the past 50 years with respect to the implementation of the requirements of the Convention has been particularly fragmented and incomplete. Reference has been frequently made to sections 1613 and 1614 of the Civil Code and section 2 of the Commercial Code as giving effect to most of the provisions of the Convention but the Committee understands that other legislative texts have been adopted over the years and may be of relevance, such as the Labour Regulations 2000 and the Labour Decree for Hotels, Restaurants and Casinos (P.B. 2000 No. 91). The Committee accordingly requests the Government to provide together with its next report detailed information, including copies of all relevant texts, regarding the legislative, administrative or other means which give effect to each of the Articles of the Convention.