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

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Guatemala (Ratification: 1989)

The Committee notes the detailed information provided in the Government's report in reply to its previous comments.

Article 4 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the Government is promoting an integrated strategy of rural development in accordance with the agrarian structure and within the framework of the peace agreements and the Government's plan for 1996-2000. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on this subject.

Article 12. The Committee notes the Government's statement that the question of the regulation of the maximum amounts of advances on wages will be referred to the Tripartite Committee on International Labour Matters. The Committee hopes that the Government will provide information in its next report on the outcome of this consultation and that the necessary measures will be adopted to ensure that the national legislation establishes the maximum amount of advances on wages which may be made to a worker in consideration, among other questions, of taking up employment.

Article 15. The Committee notes the Government's statement that the Education Act does not establish age limits for compulsory education. Nevertheless, the Government hopes that such limits will be established when the regulations are issued under the above Act. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy of the above regulations as soon as they are adopted.