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

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Sri Lanka (Ratification: 1975)

The Committee notes the information supplied in the Government's report in reply to its previous comments. It asks the Government to continue to provide information on any progress made in terms of recruitment of labour inspectors, together with general information on the application of the Convention in practice (including its application in the agricultural sector), in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention, in conjunction with Article 5 and point V of the report form, e.g. (i) the minimum wage rates in force; (ii) the available data on the number and different categories of workers covered by minimum wage provisions, and those covered by collective agreements; (iii) the results of inspections carried out (for instance, the number of violations of minimum wage provisions, the penalties imposed, etc.).