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

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Mexico (Ratification: 1955)

Article 16 of the Convention and Part V of the report form. Implementing measures – Application in practice. The Committee notes the Government’s detailed information concerning the activities carried out by the National Mixed Committee on Wages Protection (CONAMPROS) as an administrative body advising workers and workers’ organizations on matters related to the protection of labour remuneration and its purchasing power. The Committee also notes the statistical data provided by the Government on the number of inspection visits carried out between 2009 and 2012 with a view to monitoring compliance with legislation on wages.

Following up on its previous comment in which reference was made to reports about abusive pay practices with respect to indigenous workers and street children, the Committee notes that the Government provides little information while expressing doubts about the Committee’s reference to the concluding observations of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or to its own comments on the application of Conventions other than Convention No. 95. In this connection, the Committee is obliged to observe that pay issues are often particularly challenging for certain categories of workers, such as migrant workers, young persons, indigenous and plantation workers, and therefore the Committee may occasionally have to address these issues in a holistic manner drawing in part upon comments made under other relevant Conventions. In so doing, the Committee makes also careful use of other sources of information, including but not limited to observations of the UN human rights treaties bodies and other official reports and studies that may be particularly pertinent or revealing. The Committee requests the Government to provide up-to-date information on any difficulties encountered in the implementation of the Convention. In addition, the Committee observes that, according to the 2012 National Labour Force Survey, 4 million out of approximately 49 million employed persons do not receive any remuneration. It accordingly requests the Government to provide further explanations on this point.