Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

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Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) (Ratification: 1969)
Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 (No. 99) (Ratification: 1969)

In order to provide a comprehensive view of the issues relating to the application of the ratified Conventions on wages, the Committee considers it appropriate to examine Conventions Nos 26 and 99 (minimum wage) together.

Minimum wage system. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report, in particular the adoption of the National Wage Consultative Council Act, 2016, and the National Minimum Wage Regulations, 2017, which establish a national minimum wage covering all workers. Regarding the continued existence in the Remuneration Regulations of different minimum wage rates for women and men workers in certain sectors, the Committee refers to its examination of this issue under the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100).