Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2001, published 90th ILC session (2002)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Barbados (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee notes the Government’s report. It also notes the Government’s indication that draft legislation is currently being considered providing for workers’ wages as a privileged debt in the event of bankruptcy or judicial liquidation of an undertaking, as set out in Article 11 of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to provide full particulars on the scope and content of the proposed enactment and also to supply the text of the new legislation as soon as it is formally adopted. Moreover, the Committee notes the Government’s statement to the effect that the Barbados Workers’ Union has been very concerned about the question of the preferential treatment of wage claims in case of bankruptcy and has called upon the Government to ratify the Protection of Workers’ Claims (Employer’s Insolvency) Convention, 1992 (No. 173). The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying information on any future developments in this regard.