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The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the Government concerning the evolution of minimum wage rates in the agricultural sector as determined by nationwide collective agreements. It would be grateful if the Government would continue sending up to date information concerning the practical application of the Convention, including available statistics on the number of workers covered by those agreements, copies of collective agreements or wage agreements fixing minimum rates of pay and other wage conditions, extracts from labour inspection reports showing the number and nature of any wage-related infringements observed and the sanctions imposed, copies of official documents and studies addressing pay issues in the agricultural sector or other aspects of particular concern, such as seasonal employment in agriculture, etc.
The Committee notes with interest the report provided by the Government and particularly the statistics on the fluctuations between 1993 and 2002 of the minimum wages set by collective agreement. It requests the Government to continue providing in future all information relating to compliance with the provisions of the Convention both in law and practice, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and Part V of the report form.
See under Convention No. 26, as follows:
The Committee notes the information provided in the Government's report in reply to its previous comments. It notes the Government's indication that, since the application of the Law on Home Work (HAG) in the new federal Länder, the principals and homeworkers concerned are also involved, as far as possible in the wage-fixing mechanism.
The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention and point V of the report form, general information on the application of the Convention in practice.