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

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Barbados (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report, in reply to its previous request for detailed information concerning the minimum wage-fixing machinery in the sugar industry and in domestic employment, in particular with regard to consultation with the representatives of the employers and workers concerned and the manner in which they are associated in the operation of the minimum wage fixing in these sectors of activity. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide information on the development of the minimum wage fixing in the sugar industry. It also asks the Government to indicate any progress made in the establishment of a consultative body or mechanism to assist the minister in fixing a minimum wage rate applicable to domestic workers.