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

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Argentina (Ratification: 1950)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in reply to its previous comments. It notes in particular the information and statistics provided on homeworkers. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would continue to provide information on the operation of the wage committees for homeworkers set up under Ministerial Resolution No. 320, under Act No. 12713. Furthermore, the Committee requests the Government to continue to supply, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, in conjunction with point V of the report form, general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, for example: (i) changes in the minimum wage rates applicable; (ii) available statistics on the number and categories of workers covered by the minimum wage-fixing machinery; and (iii) the results of inspections carried out (for example, cases of violations reported, penalties imposed, etc.).