Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Ghana (Ratification: 1959)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report, in reply to its previous comments. It notes in particular that 341 inspections were carried out in 1997 to enforce the application of minimum wage. It requests the Government to provide further information on the results of these inspections (e.g., the number of violations of minimum wage provisions revealed, the penalties imposed, etc.). It also requests the Government to continue to provide, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and point V of the report form, general information on the application of the Convention in practice, including the minimum wage rates in force and the available data on the number and different categories of workers covered by minimum wage provisions.