Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Ratification: 1998)

The Committee notes the Government’s report.

Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that proposals are currently being drawn for fixing minimum wage rates for hotel workers, security personnel and workers in offices of professionals. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any progress made in this respect and forward copies of the new wages regulation orders as soon as they are issued.

Article 5 and Part V of the report form. The Committee notes the statistical information concerning the number of workers covered by the wages regulation orders in force. It also notes the Government’s statement to the effect that the minimum wage rates fixed in 1989 in respect of industrial, domestic and agricultural workers and shop assistants are still operative. In this connection, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure the periodic adjustment of those wages so as to maintain their purchasing power in the light of the evolution of indicators such as the inflation rate, productivity, or the consumer price index. Recalling that minimum wage fixing entails providing wage earners and their families with decent wage levels in keeping with the economic and social realities of a country, the Committee requests the Government to continue supplying all available information on the effect given to the Convention in practice.