Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Social Policy (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 82) - Montserrat

The Committee notes with interest the Government's indication concerning the amendment of section 16 of the 1979 Employment Ordinance by Act No. 5 of 1996 which seeks to increase the rate of severance pay and confers a retirement benefit in the form of gratuity for employees. It requests the Government to continue to provide information on the application of the Convention in practice, in accordance with point V of the report form.