Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1956)

The Committee notes with interest the adoption of Act No. 16-92 promulgating the Labour Code on 29 May 1992 which maintains the system of minimum wage fixing by the National Wages Committee. It notes that, under section 193 of the Labour Code, the amount of the wage shall in no case be less than the minimum wage established by law.

The Committee requests the Government to communicate a copy of the regulations made under section 275 of the Code concerning the conditions and manner in which the other provisions of the Code should be applicable to work at home, and of the decree or regulation made under section 316 concerning disabled persons.

The Committee notes that the National Wages Committee consists of a Director-General and two representatives nominated by the Executive under section 452, paragraph 1, item 1. It requests the Government to specify the procedure in which the two representatives are nominated and the manner in which the employers and workers are consulted in view of their nomination.