Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Saint Lucia (Ratification: 1980)

Article 3 of the Convention. Minimum wage-fixing machinery. In its last comment, the Committee requested the Government to indicate the measures it intended to take in order to: (i) set up or reactivate the Minimum and Equal Wages Commission established under section 69 of the Labour Act 2006; (ii) review minimum wage levels established in existing minimum wage orders, if needed; and (iii) fix minimum wages for trades or occupations not yet regulated. The Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report that: (i) no action has been taken based on the 2011 report of the Minimum Wage Commission which had been nominated in 2009 and dissolved in 2011; in these circumstances, the Government could either accept the recommendations contained in the 2011 report of that Commission or commission a new report; and (ii) provisions have been made for the existence of a permanent post of secretary of a wages Commission, demonstrating recognition of a need for such a Commission. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the Minimum and Equal Wages Commission established under the Labour Act 2006 has been nominated and, if so, to provide information on the results of its work. It also requests the Government to provide information on any order issued by the Minister of Labour in respect of minimum wages, pursuant to section 68 of the 2006 Labour Act.