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

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1944)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report and in particular Decree No. 1752 of 28 April 2002 which fixes minimum wage rates for certain categories of workers, including urban and agricultural workers, concierges, young persons and apprentices, and workers in enterprises with fewer than 20 employees. The Committee also notes that, under section 10 of the above Decree, domestic workers are not covered by minimum wages fixed in this manner. The Committee recalls that the Convention is intended to guarantee a decent level of remuneration for persons earning exceptionally low wages and who do not benefit from an effective system for fixing wages through collective agreement. The Committee requests the Government to specify the minimum wage applicable to domestic workers and to indicate the procedure by which their wages are determined in practice.

Moreover, recalling its previous comment, the Committee is bound to request once again general information relating to the application of the Convention in practice, in accordance with Article 5 and Part V of the report form, for example: (i) the evolution of minimum wage rates in recent years; (ii) available statistical data on the number and different categories of workers covered by minimum wage regulations; (iii) extracts from official reports on socio-economic aspects of minimum wages; and (iv) the results of the inspections carried out (violations reported, sanctions imposed, etc.).