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9 9  Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fifty-fourth Session on 3 June 1970, and
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11 -Noting the terms of the Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Recommendation, 1928, the Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1951, and the Equal Remuneration Recommendation, 1951, which contain valuable guidelines for [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing bodies, and
11 +Noting the terms of the [[Minimum Wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]]-Fixing Machinery Recommendation, 1928, the
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13 +[[Minimum Wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Recommendation, 1951, and the Equal Remuneration Recommendation, 1951, which contain valuable guidelines for [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing bodies, and
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13 13  Considering that experience in more recent years has emphasised the importance of certain additional considerations relating to [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing, including that of adopting criteria which will make systems of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] both an effective instrument of social protection and an element in the strategy of economic and social development, and
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15 -Considering that [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing should in no way operate to the prejudice of the exercise and growth of free collective bargaining as a means of fixing wages higher than the minimum, and
17 +Considering that [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing should in no way operate to the prejudice of the exercise and growth of free collective bargaining as a means of fixing [[wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] higher than the minimum, and
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17 17  Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing machinery and related problems, with special reference to developing countries, which is the fifth item on the agenda of the session, and
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25 25  ~1. [[Minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing should constitute one element in a policy designed to overcome poverty and to ensure the satisfaction of the needs of all workers and their families.
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27 -2. The fundamental purpose of [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing should be to give wage earners necessary social protection as regards minimum permissible levels of wages.
29 +2. The fundamental purpose of [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing should be to give [[wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] earners necessary social protection as regards minimum permissible levels of [[wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]].
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29 29  = II. Criteria for Determining the Level of Minimum Wages =
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31 31  3. In determining the level of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]], account should be taken of the following criteria, amongst others:
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33 33  * (a) the needs of workers and their families;
34 -* (b) the general level of wages in the country;
36 +* (b) the general level of [[wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] in the country;
35 35  * (c) the cost of living and changes therein;
36 36  * (d) social security benefits;
37 37  * (e) the relative living standards of other social groups;
38 -* (f) economic factors, including the requirements of economic development, levels of productivity and the desirability of attaining and maintaining a high level of employment.
40 +* (f) economic factors, including the requirements of economic development, levels of productivity and the desirability of attaining and maintaining a high level of [[employment>>doc:working:Glossary.Employment Work.WebHome]].
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40 40  = III. Coverage of the Minimum Wage Fixing System =
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42 -4. The number and groups of wage earners who are not covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the [[Minimum Wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] Fixing Convention, 1970, should be kept to a minimum.
44 +4. The number and groups of [[wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] earners who are not covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the [[Minimum Wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] Fixing Convention, 1970, should be kept to a minimum.
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44 -5. (1) The system of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] may be applied to the wage earners covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the Convention either by fixing a single [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] of general application or by fixing a series of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] applying to particular groups of workers.
46 +5. (1) The system of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] may be applied to the [[wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] earners covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the Convention either by fixing a single [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] of general application or by fixing a series of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] applying to particular groups of workers.
45 45  (2) A system based on a single [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]]
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47 47  * (a) need not be incompatible with the fixing of different rates of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] in different regions or zones with a view to allowing for differences in costs of living;
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52 52  6. The [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] fixing machinery provided for in Article 4 of the Convention may take a variety of forms, such as the fixing of [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] by  o (a) statute;
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54 54  * (b) decisions of the competent authority, with or without formal provision for taking account of recommendations from other bodies;
55 -* (c) decisions of wages boards or councils;
57 +* (c) decisions of [[wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] boards or councils;
56 56  * (d) industrial or labour courts or tribunals; or
57 57  * (e) giving the force of law to provisions of collective agreements.
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79 79  13.
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81 -* (1) In order to assist in the application of Paragraph 11 of this Recommendation, periodical surveys of national economic conditions, including trends in income per head, in productivity and in employment, [[unemployment>>doc:working:Glossary.Unemployment.WebHome]] and underemployment, should be made to the extent that national resources permit.
83 +* (1) In order to assist in the application of Paragraph 11 of this Recommendation, periodical surveys of national economic conditions, including trends in income per head, in productivity and in [[employment>>doc:working:Glossary.Employment Work.WebHome]], [[unemployment>>doc:working:Glossary.Unemployment.WebHome]] and underemployment, should be made to the extent that national resources permit.
82 82  * (2) The frequency of such surveys should be determined in the light of national conditions.
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84 84  = VI. Enforcement =
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86 86  14. Measures to ensure the effective application of all provisions relating to [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]], as provided for in Article 5 of the Convention, should include the following:
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88 88  * (a) arrangements for giving publicity to [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] provisions in languages or dialects understood by workers who need protection, adapted where necessary to the needs of illiterate persons;
89 -* (b) the employment of a sufficient number of adequately trained inspectors equipped with the powers and facilities necessary to carry out their duties;
91 +* (b) the [[employment>>doc:working:Glossary.Employment Work.WebHome]] of a sufficient number of adequately trained inspectors equipped with the powers and facilities necessary to carry out their duties;
90 90  * (c) adequate penalties for infringement of the provisions relating to [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]];
91 91  * (d) simplification of legal provisions and procedures, and other appropriate means of enabling workers effectively to exercise their rights under [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] provisions, including the right to recover amounts by which they may have been underpaid;
92 92  * (e) the association of employers' and workers' organisations in efforts to protect workers against abuses;
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