Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2010, Publicación: 100ª reunión CIT (2011)

Convenio sobre política social (territorios no metropolitanos), 1947 (núm. 82) - Islas Vírgenes Británicas

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its 2005 direct request, which read as follows:

The Committee notes the information contained on the British Virgin Islands in the March 1999 White Paper on Partnership for progress and prosperity: Britain and the overseas territories made available by the Government of the United Kingdom. It hopes that the next report on the application of the Convention will contain further practical information dealing with the economic and social development of the British Virgin Islands, including updated data illustrating that the improvement of standards of living has been regarded as the principal objective in the planning of economic development. Please also provide information on the measures relating to minimum wages (Article 14(2)–(4) of the Convention), protection of wages (Article 15(1)–(6) and Article 16) and education and training (Article 19(2)–(3)).