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5 -**Preamble **
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7 7  The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
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22 22  
23 23  adopts this twenty-second day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy, the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Minimum Wage Fixing Recommendation, 1970:
24 24  
25 -1. Purpose of Minimum Wage Fixing
25 += I. Purpose of Minimum Wage Fixing =
26 26  
27 -1. 1. Minimum wage 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.
28 -1. 2. The fundamental purpose of minimum wage fixing should be to give wage earners necessary social protection as regards minimum permissible levels of wages.
27 +~1. Minimum wage 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.
29 29  
30 -1. Criteria for Determining the Level of Minimum Wages
29 +2. The fundamental purpose of minimum wage fixing should be to give wage earners necessary social protection as regards minimum permissible levels of wages.
31 31  
32 -~1. 3. In determining the level of minimum wages, account should be taken of the following criteria, amongst others:
31 += II. Criteria for Determining the Level of Minimum Wages =
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34 -* (a) the needs of workers and their families; o (b) the general level of wages in the country; o (c) the cost of living and changes therein; o (d) social security benefits;
33 +3. In determining the level of minimum wages, account should be taken of the following criteria, amongst others:
34 +
35 +* (a) the needs of workers and their families;
36 +* (b) the general level of wages in the country;
37 +* (c) the cost of living and changes therein;
38 +* d) social security benefits;
35 35  * (e) the relative living standards of other social groups;
36 36  * (f) economic factors, including the requirements of economic development, levels of productivity and the desirability of attaining and maintaining a high level of employment.
37 37  
38 -1. Coverage of the Minimum Wage Fixing System
42 += III. Coverage of the Minimum Wage Fixing System =
39 39  
40 -1. 4. The number and groups of wage earners who are not covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970, should be kept to a minimum.
41 -1. 5. 
42 -1*. (1) The system of minimum wages may be applied to the wage earners covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the Convention either by fixing a single minimum wage of general application or by fixing a series of minimum wages applying to particular groups of workers.
43 -1*. (2) A system based on a single minimum wage~-~- 
44 -1**. (a) need not be incompatible with the fixing of different rates of minimum wages in different regions or zones with a view to allowing for differences in costs of living;
45 -1**. (b) should not impair the effects of decisions, past or future, fixing minimum wages higher than the general minimum for particular groups of workers.
44 +4. The number and groups of wage earners who are not covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970, should be kept to a minimum.
46 46  
47 -1. Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery
46 +5.
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49 -1. 6. The minimum wage fixing machinery provided for in Article 4 of the Convention may take a variety of forms, such as the fixing of minimum wages by~-~-  o (a) statute;
50 -1*. (b) decisions of the competent authority, with or without formal provision for taking account of recommendations from other bodies;
51 -1*. (c) decisions of wages boards or councils; o (d) industrial or labour courts or tribunals; or o (e) giving the force of law to provisions of collective agreements.
48 +(1) The system of minimum wages may be applied to the wage earners covered in pursuance of Article 1 of the Convention either by fixing a single minimum wage of general application or by fixing a series of minimum wages applying to particular groups of workers.
49 +
50 +(2) A system based on a single minimum wage~-~-
51 +
52 +* (a) need not be incompatible with the fixing of different rates of minimum wages in different regions or zones with a view to allowing for differences in costs of living;
53 +* (b) should not impair the effects of decisions, past or future, fixing minimum wages higher than the general minimum for particular groups of workers.
54 +
55 += IV. Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery =
56 +
57 +6. The minimum wage fixing machinery provided for in Article 4 of the Convention may take a variety of forms, such as the fixing of minimum wages by~-~-  o (a) statute;
58 +
59 +* (b) decisions of the competent authority, with or without formal provision for taking account of recommendations from other bodies;
60 +* (c) decisions of wages boards or councils; o (d) industrial or labour courts or tribunals; or o (e) giving the force of law to provisions of collective agreements.
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52 52  1. 7. The consultation provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Convention should include, in particular, consultation in regard to the following matters: 
53 53  1*. (a) the selection and application of the criteria for determining the level of minimum wages;
54 54  1*. (b) the rate or rates of minimum wages to be fixed;