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

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Sint Maarten

Articles 3 to 15 of the Convention. Protection of wages. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that, following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, all labour legislation previously forming part of the national legislation of the Netherlands Antilles continues to apply, and that no new legislation has been adopted and no amendments have been made to any of the existing legislation. The Committee also notes the information provided by the Government on the regulation of minimum wages which nonetheless fall outside the scope of this Convention. The Committee observes that, in its first report on the application of the Convention, the Government was expected to present a full overview of the state of law and practice in the matters dealt with in the Convention. The Committee recalls, in this connection, that over the past 20 years it has been in receipt of very limited information concerning the manner in which the Convention was applied in the Netherlands Antilles. The Committee accordingly requests the Government to provide together with its next report detailed information, including copies of all relevant texts, regarding the legislative, administrative or other means which give effect to each of the Articles of the Convention.