Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1954)

Further to its previous comments concerning observations made by the Latin American Central of Workers, the Committee notes that the Government has no knowledge of any court decisions on the complaint lodged by bank employees on grounds of failure to pay overtime and amounts improperly deducted from their wages. It further notes that, in a letter of July 2000 to the Minister of Labour, the Association of Bank Employees of Uruguay (AEBU), affiliated to the Inter-Trade Union Assembly–National Convention of Workers (PIT–CNT), stated that, no further attempts to breach the provisions of the Convention having been reported, it did not deem it appropriate to refer the matter to the Minister. The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether a court decision is still awaited in this case and, if so, to provide the text of it as soon as it is handed down.