Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2003, Publicación: 92ª reunión CIT (2004)

Convenio sobre los métodos para la fijación de salarios mínimos (agricultura), 1951 (núm. 99) - Filipinas (Ratificación : 1953)

Article 5, in conjunction with Part V of the report form. The Committee notes the data supplied by the Government in its report regarding the agricultural minimum wage rates currently in force by region. It also notes that, according to the latest statistics, some 9.7 million persons, or 32.4 per cent of total workforce, are employed in the agriculture, hunting and forestry sectors. The Committee requests the Government to continue supplying up-to-date information on all aspects of the implementation and enforcement of the minimum wage legislation in respect of agricultural workers, including for instance extracts from inspection reports and relevant judicial decisions. In addition, the Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of any recent decisions authorizing exclusions from prescribed minimum wage rates under section 122(e) of the Labour Code, and to indicate the number of agricultural enterprises and workers concerned.