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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>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]]-Fixing Machinery Recommendation, 1928, the
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
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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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15 15  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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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
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
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19 19  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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21 21  Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation,
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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>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]] Fixing Recommendation, 1970:
21 +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:
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25 25  = I. Purpose of Minimum Wage Fixing =
26 26  
27 27  ~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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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]].
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.
30 30  
31 31  = II. Criteria for Determining the Level of Minimum Wages =
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33 33  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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35 35  * (a) the needs of workers and their families;
36 -* (b) the general level of [[wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] in the country;
34 +* (b) the general level of wages in the country;
37 37  * (c) the cost of living and changes therein;
38 38  * (d) social security benefits;
39 39  * (e) the relative living standards of other social groups;
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]].
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>>doc:working:Glossary.Employment.WebHome]].
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42 42  = III. Coverage of the Minimum Wage Fixing System =
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
47 47  (2) A system based on a single [[minimum wage>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]]
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49 49  * (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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51 51  
52 52  = IV. Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery =
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54 -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;
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:
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54 +* (a) statute;
56 56  * (b) decisions of the competent authority, with or without formal provision for taking account of recommendations from other bodies;
57 -* (c) decisions of [[wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Earnings.WebHome]] boards or councils;
56 +* (c) decisions of wages boards or councils;
58 58  * (d) industrial or labour courts or tribunals; or
59 59  * (e) giving the force of law to provisions of collective agreements.
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81 81  13.
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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 +* (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.WebHome]], [[unemployment>>doc:working:Glossary.Unemployment.WebHome]] and underemployment, should be made to the extent that national resources permit.
84 84  * (2) The frequency of such surveys should be determined in the light of national conditions.
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86 86  = VI. Enforcement =
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88 88  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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90 90  * (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;
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 +* (b) the [[employment>>doc:working:Glossary.Employment.WebHome]] of a sufficient number of adequately trained inspectors equipped with the powers and facilities necessary to carry out their duties;
92 92  * (c) adequate penalties for infringement of the provisions relating to [[minimum wages>>doc:working:Glossary.Minimum wage.WebHome]];
93 93  * (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;
94 94  * (e) the association of employers' and workers' organisations in efforts to protect workers against abuses;
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