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

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Mexico (Ratification: 1973)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government on its general observation of 1985, and on the changes made in in the minimum wage-fixing system, trends in minimum wages over recent years, the national economic situation and its influence on the regularity with which minimum wages are fixed and their amounts. The Committee also notes the information supplied concerning the powers, duties and activities of the labour inspection services.

Taking into account the information supplied by the Government concerning the economic situation of the country and the action that has been taken, among other purposes, to preserve the minimum level of purchasing power of workers' wages, the Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on the regularity with which minimum wages are fixed and the measures that have been taken to preserve the minimum level of their purchasing power, taking into account the various points set forth in Article 3 of the Convention which aim to guarantee adequate protection for groups of workers in disadvantageous situations.

In view of the fact that the Government only supplies information concerning the work of the labour inspection services in the Valle de Mexico, the Committee requests the Government to supply more information on the work of the labour inspection services (inspection visits, violations reported and penalties imposed) in other parts of the national territory in accordance with Part V of the report form.