Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Saint Lucia (Ratification: 1980)

Articles 1 to 4 of the Convention. Minimum wage fixing machinery. The Committee notes the Government’s indications that the Minimum Wage Commission, which was established in December 2009 with the express purpose of arriving at a national minimum wage and which presented its report in March 2011, was dissolved after the present administration took office in November 2011. The Government also indicates that to date, there has been no additional work or appointment of a new Commission. Recalling that the Labour Act 2006, which entered into force in August 2012, provides for the establishment of a tripartite Minimum and Equal Wages Commission to advise and make recommendations on all matters relating to the fixing of a minimum wage, and also recalling that minimum wage orders for certain trades or occupations have not been reviewed and adjusted for a considerable number of years, the Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures it intends to take in order to: (i) set up or reactivate the consultative Minimum and Equal Wages Commission; (ii) review minimum wage levels established in existing minimum wage orders, if needed; and (iii) fix minimum wages for trades or occupations not yet regulated. The Committee also requests the Government to clarify whether it is still considering the establishment of a generally applicable national minimum wage, and if so, to keep the Office informed of any progress made in this regard.