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

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1976)

Further to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to supply more detailed information on the following points.

Article 6 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the new Labour Code no longer contains provisions prohibiting the employer to coerce the workers to use particular shops or services. While noting the absence of any provisions in the Code restricting the workers' freedom to dispose of their wages, the Committee asks the Government to indicate measures taken or envisaged to ensure that employers are prohibited from limiting in any manner the freedom of the worker to dispose of his or her wage.

Article 7. The Committee notes the Government's indication in the report that works stores or services are established by collective agreements and offer basic products at low prices in practice. It asks the Government to provide further information on the practice of works stores or services, including copies of some collective agreement provisions as examples. Please also indicate any measures taken or envisaged, in addition to those mentioned under Article 6, to ensure that the workers are not coerced to make use of them.

Article 10. The Committee notes that section 92 of the Code only prohibits the attachment of the minimum wage. It requests the Government to indicate the measures adopted or envisaged to prescribe the manner in which and the limits within which wages may be assigned, or the wage exceeding the minimum wage may be attached.

Article 12(2). The Committee asks the Government to indicate measures taken or envisaged to ensure a final settlement of wages upon the termination of a contract of employment.