Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Social Policy (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947 (No. 82) - British Virgin Islands

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Direct Request

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Part III of the Convention. Improvement of standards of living and other objectives of the social policy. The Committee notes the report provided by the Government of the British Virgin Islands in September 2013 which includes information in reply to the 2012 direct request. The Government indicates that it is currently working on policies and procedures related to the economic and social development of the British Virgin Islands. It adds that the minimum wage is currently being reviewed and that the Ministry of Education is also reviewing education and training procedures. The Government states that it hopes to have a more detailed report at the next reporting session. The Committee hopes that the Government will provide, in its next report, detailed information on the economic and social development of the British Virgin Islands, including updated data illustrating that the improvement of standards of living has been regarded as the principal objective in the planning of economic development. Please also provide information on the measures relating to minimum wages (Article 14(2)–(4) of the Convention), protection of wages (Articles 15(1)–(6), and 16), and education and training (Article 19(2)–(3)).