Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1981)

The Committee notes the information supplied in the Government's report in response to its earlier comments.

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. The Committee notes the succinct information supplied by the Government that the conditions of application of these provisions do not pertain. The Committee reminds the Government that it had previously noted information supplied by the Government in its 1994 report regarding migratory flows from 1979 to 1992. The Committee again requests the Government to indicate whether the magnitude and direction of migration for employment have been analysed; whether measures have been taken to encourage the transfer of part of wages to the area where the worker is from (Article 7); and whether any agreements have been entered into with a foreign State for the purpose of regulating matters of migrant workers (Article 8).

Article 11(b). The Committee refers the Government to its comments under Convention No. 95 regarding the regular payment of wages.

Article 15. The Committee notes the detailed information supplied by the Government in respect of the training and technical education programmes developed by the National Institute of Technology (INATEC). The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the principal goals and objectives of INATEC for the 1997 to 2000 period.