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29 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.
30 30  
31 -Criteria for Determining the Level of Minimum Wages
31 += II. Criteria for Determining the Level of Minimum Wages =
32 32  
33 33  3. In determining the level of minimum wages, account should be taken of the following criteria, amongst others:
34 34  
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39 39  * (e) the relative living standards of other social groups;
40 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.
41 41  
42 -= II. Coverage of the Minimum Wage Fixing System =
42 += III. Coverage of the Minimum Wage Fixing System =
43 43  
44 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.
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52 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 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 54  
55 -1. Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery
56 -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;
57 -1*. (b) decisions of the competent authority, with or without formal provision for taking account of recommendations from other bodies;
58 -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.
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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59 59  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: 
60 60  1*. (a) the selection and application of the criteria for determining the level of minimum wages;
61 61  1*. (b) the rate or rates of minimum wages to be fixed;