Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Argentina (Ratification: 1950)

The Committee notes the information provided in the Government’s previous report, in particular the adoption of resolution 2/2006 of 28 July 2006 which provides that the minimum wage will progressively increase to 800 pesos (approximately US$259 per month) by 1 November 2006. The Committee also notes, with interest, that the National Council for Employment, Productivity and the Minimum Adjustable Living Wage, a tripartite consultative body, which was not consulted when minimum wage levels were modified in 2003 for reasons relating to the state of emergency in the country, is once again operating normally.

Article 5 of the Convention and Part V of the report form. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, including, for example, statistics on the number of workers remunerated at the minimum wage rate; copies of the collective agreements fixing the minimum wage level by sector or branch of the economy; information on the fixing of the minimum wage for workers excluded from the scope of Act No. 20744 on employment contracts, such as domestic workers and farmers; copies of studies or other official documents on the functioning of the minimum wage system; extracts of inspection service reports indicating the infringements reported and the penalties imposed; and statistics on recent fluctuations in minimum wage levels in relation to fluctuations in economic indicators, such as the rate of inflation, during the same period.