Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 (No. 95) - Suriname (Ratification: 1976)

Article 4 of the Convention. Payment of wages in kind. Further to its previous comments on the need to amend section 1614T of the Civil Code, which allows wages to be paid wholly in kind, the Committee notes the Government’s indication in its report that there have been no developments with regard to the adoption of a new Civil Code. The Committee recalls that Article 4 only allows the partial payment of wages in the form of allowances in kind. The Committee therefore requests the Government to take the necessary measures, including by amending section 1614T of the Civil Code or in the context of the broader reform of that Code, to ensure that the payment of wages in kind could only be partial, in conformity with Article 4(1). The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on measures taken to ensure that the value attributed to wages in kind is fair and reasonable, in accordance with Article 4(2).