Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1989, publiée 76ème session CIT (1989)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report.

1. The Committee also notes the Government's statement, in reply to its 1985 general observation, in which it indicates that workers in the homeworking trades are not covered by the provisions respecting minimum wages under section 5, paragraph 4, of the Labour Act No. 1475 and that there are no plans in view with the intention of extending this coverage to them. The Committee believes that section 5, paragraph 4, of the Labour Act No. 1475 covers domestic services and that the only workers in the homeworking trades excluded from the scope of the Act are those referred to in paragraph 3 of section 5. The Committee recalls the breadth of the definitions contained in Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention, and it requests the Government to indicate the texts which regulate work in the homeworking trades.

2. The Committee notes that, although there are no precise statistics on the number of workers covered by the minimum wage-fixing machinery, these represent around 10 per cent of the total number of workers. It hopes that the Government will continue to supply information on the effect given in practice to the Convention, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of the Convention.