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

Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 (No. 99) - Australia (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report concerning the application of the Convention in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. It hopes that the reports for South Australia and Tasmania will be forwarded on receipt, as indicated by the Government.

The Committee 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 manner in which the Convention is applied in the agricultural sector, including: (i) the minimum wages in force; (ii) the approximate number of workers covered by minimum wage provisions; and (iii) the result of inspections carried out (e.g. the number of violations of minimum wage provisions, the penalties imposed, etc.).