Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1995, publiée 82ème session CIT (1995)

The Committee notes the Government's report.

Article 3, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to describe briefly the minimum wage fixing machinery currently applying in the agricultural sector and to indicate whether, before it was adopted, employers' and workers' organizations were consulted in accordance with paragraph 2. Please also indicate how the employers and workers concerned take part in the operation of this machinery, in accordance with paragraph 3. Please indicate the measures taken, in accordance with paragraph 4, to ensure that the minimum wage rates fixed in the agricultural sector are at least respected.

Article 5, in conjunction with point V of the report form. The Committee asks the Government to provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country, particularly the methods for operating the minimum wage-fixing machinery in the agricultural sector and their results: for example, the approximate numbers of workers covered, the minimum rates of wages fixed and, if any, the more important of the other conditions relevant to the minimum rates, and extracts from reports of the activities of the labour inspectorate.