Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175) - Guyana (Ratification: 1997)

Article 5 of the Convention. Wage equality. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report, which indicates that there is no difference between basic wages for part-time workers and comparable full-time workers, and that the basic wage is calculated on an hourly basis. It also takes due note of the adoption of a new Minimum Wage Order, which entered into force on 1 July 2013. The Committee would appreciate receiving a copy of this new Order.

Article 6. Social security coverage. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the statutory social security scheme pays benefits to workers based on their contribution. In this regard, the Committee wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the fact that, according to Article 6 of the Convention, statutory social security schemes which are based on occupational activity should be adapted so that part-time workers enjoy conditions equivalent to those of comparable full-time workers. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on how effect is being given to this provision of the Convention.