Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2018, published 108th ILC session (2019)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Barbados (Ratification: 1967)

Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention. Minimum wage-fixing machinery. The Committee notes the adoption of the Minimum Wage Act, 2017, which repeals the Wages Councils Act. It notes that section 6(1) of the new Act provides that the Minister may by Order: (a) prescribe a national minimum wage and specify the minimum terms and conditions of service in respect of all employees; or (b) prescribe a minimum wage and specify the minimum terms and conditions of service in respect of employees in a specified group or sector. It also notes that section 3(1) establishes a Minimum Wage Board to advise the Minister on all matters relating to the fixing of minimum wages. The Schedule to the Act provides that the Board would be a tripartite body comprised in equal numbers of representatives of the Government, the employers and the workers. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken in application of the new Act, in particular on the establishment and composition of the Minimum Wage Board and on any Orders adopted by the Minister to prescribe a national minimum wage or minimum wages for specified groups or sectors. In relation to the latter, the Committee refers to its comments on the application of the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100).