Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Argentina (Ratification: 1950)

The Committee notes with interest the adoption of Decree No. 174, of 10 February 1988 re-establishing the National Minimum Wages Board, and of the last Resolution of that Board, fixing the minimum wage for the last quarter of 1988. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the operation of the Board and the new minimum wage rates which it fixes.

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes with interest the various Resolutions adopted by the Ministry of Labour to ensure equal minimum remuneration for homeworkers and workers in industrial establishments in the footwear, clothing and watchmaking sectors, and providing for minimum wage increases for homeworkers in those sectors. The Committee notes that these measures are to apply until full effect is again given to Act No. 12.713 of 3 October 1941, which regulates work at home and provides for the establishment of wage committees to determine the minimum wage of homeworkers. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the measures taken to bring Act No. 12.713 into full force and, if appropriate, to update it, in particular the Chapter concerning sanctions.