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

Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 (No. 99) - Peru (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report. It notes in particular the Government's indication to the effect that, under section 77 of Legislative Decree No. 653 (Act to promote investments in the agrarian sector), agricultural workers are subject to the rules governing labour in the private sector and thus are covered by the legislation applicable in this area.

The Committee asks the Government to provide a copy of the above text. It also asks the Government to provide, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and point V of the report form, general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in the agricultural sector, including, for example, information on: (i) the minimum wage rates applied; (ii) available statistics on the number and different categories of workers covered by the minimum wage; and (iii) the result of any inspections carried out (violations reported, sanctions imposed, etc.).