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

Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131) - Eswatini (Ratification: 1981)

Other comments on C131

Direct Request

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2018

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Articles 1 and 4 of the Convention. Minimum wage system and consultations with the social partners. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that the wages councils in the different industries or sectors meet annually to review basic minimum wages. The Government also indicates that the consumer price index is taken into consideration when determining the basic minimum wage. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the legal provisions, if any, that specify the periodicity of the minimum wage readjustment and the criteria to be taken into consideration when revising minimum pay rates.

In addition, the Committee notes that with the exception of three occupational categories (motor engineering, pre-school and day-care centres, and funeral undertakers), minimum basic wages for all industries and sectors have been fixed in the last two years. As regards the possible reactivation of the tripartite Wages Advisory Board and the prospective revision of the Wages Act, 1964, the Committee notes the Government’s statement that the process of amending the Wages Act has not been initiated yet. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of all future developments concerning the revision of the Employment and the Wages Acts which might have an impact on the implementation of the Convention.