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At the expiration of each period of ten years after the coming into force of this Convention, the Governing Body of the International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report on the working of this Convention and shall consider the desirability of placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in whole or in part.

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1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention in whole or in part, then, unless the new Convention otherwise provides-

(a) the ratification by a Member of the new revising Convention shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of this Convention, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 22 above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force;

(b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into force this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by the Members.

2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its actual form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not ratified the revising Convention.

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The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are equally authoritative.

The foregoing is the authentic text of the Convention duly adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its Thirty- second Session which was held at Geneva and declared closed the second day of July 1949.

IN FAITH WHEREOF we have appended our signatures this eighteenth day of August 1949.

The President of the Conference,

GUILDHAUME MYRDDIN-EVANS.

The Director-General of the International Labour Office,

DAVID A. MORSE.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE

RECOMMENDATION (No. 85) CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF WAGES The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,

Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Thirty-second Session on 8 June 1949, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals concerning the protec- tion of wages, which is the seventh item on the agenda of the session, and Having decided that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation

supplementing the Protection of Wages Convention, 1949,

adopts this first day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Protection of Wages Recommendation, 1949:

The Pagerac ecommends that each Memberagfod5apply the following provisions as rapidly as national conditions allow and report to the International Labour Office as requested by the Governing Body concerning the measures taken to give effect thereto.

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A l'expiration de chaque période de dix années à compter de l'entrée en vigueur de la présente convention, le Conseil d'administration du Bureau inter- national du Travail devra présenter à la Conférence générale un rapport sur l'application de la présente convention et décidera s'il y a lieu d'inscrire à l'ordre du jour de la Conférence la question de sa revision totale ou partielle.

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1. Au cas où la Conférence adopterait une nouvelle convention portant revision totale ou partielle de la présente convention, et à moins que la nouvelle con- vention ne dispose autrement :

a) la ratification par un Membre de la nouvelle convention portant revision entraînerait de plein droit, nonobstant l'article 22 ci-dessus, dénonciation immédiate de la présente convention, sous réserve que la nouvelle convention portant revision soit entrée en vigueur;

b) à partir de la date de l'entrée en vigueur de la nouvelle convention portant revision, la présente convention cesserait d'être ouverte à la ratification des Membres.

2. La présente convention demeurerait en tout cas en vigueur dans sa forme et teneur pour les Membres qui l'auraient ratifiée et qui ne ratifieraient pas la convention portant revision.

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Les versions française et anglaise du texte de la présente convention font également foi.

Le texte qui précède est le texte authentique de la convention dûment adoptée par la Conférence générale de l'Organisation internationale du Travail dans sa trente-deuxième session qui s'est tenue à Genève et qui a été déclarée close le 2 juillet 1949.

EN FOI DE QUOI ont apposé leurs signatures, ce dix-huitième jour d'août 1949:

Le Président de la Conférence,

GUILDHAUME MYRDDIN-EVANS.

Le Directeur général du Bureau international du Travail,

DAVID A. MORSE.

CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE DU TRAVAIL

RECOMMANDATION (No. 85) CONCERNANT LA PROTECTION DU SALAIRE.

La Conférence générale de l'Organisaton internationale du Travail, Convoquée à Genève par le Conseil d'administration du Bureau international

du Travail, et s'y étant réunie le 8 juin 1949, en sa trente-deuxième session, Après avoir décidé d'adopter diverses propositions relatives à la protection du salaire, question qui constitue le septième point à l'ordre du jour de la session, Après avoir décidé que ces propositions prendraient la forme d'une recom- mandation complétant la Convention sur la protection du salaire, 1949, adopte, ce premier jour de juillet mil neuf cent quarante-neuf, la recommanda- tion ci-après, qui sera dénommée Recommandation sur la protection du salaire, 1949:

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I. DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES

1. All necessary measures should be taken to limit deductions from wages to the extent deemed to be necessary to safeguard the maintenance of the worker and his family.

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2. (1) Deductions from wages for the reimbursement of loss of or damage to the products, goods or installations of the employer should be authorised only when loss or damage has been caused for which the worker concerned can be clearly shown to be responsible.

(2) The amount of such deductions should be fair and should not exceed the actual amount of the loss or damage.

(3) Before a decision to make such a

to make such a deduction is taken, the worker concerned should be given a reasonable opportunity to show cause why the deduction should not be made.

3. Appropriate measures should be taken to limit deductions from wages in respect of tools, materials or equipment supplied by the employer to cases in which such deductions---

(a) are a recognised custom of the trade or occupation concerned; or (b) are provided for by collective agreement or arbitration award; or (c) are otherwise authorised by a procedure recognised by national laws or regulations.

II. PERIODICITY OF WAGE PAYMENTS

4. The maximum intervals for the payment of wages should ensure that wages are paid-

(a) not less often than twice a month at intervals not exceeding sixteen days in the case of workers whose wages are calculated by the hour, day or week; and

(b) not less often than once a month in the case of employed persons whose remuneration is fixed on a monthly or annual basis.

5. (1) In the case of workers whose wages are calculated on a piece-work or output basis, the maximum intervals for the payment of wages should, so far as possible, be so fixed as to ensure that wages are paid not less often than twice a month at intervals not exceeding sixteen days.

(2) In the case of workers employed to perform a task the completion of which requires more than a fortnight, and in respect of whom intervals for the payment of wages are not otherwise fixed by collective agreement or arbitration award, appropriate measures should be taken to ensure

(a) that payments are made on account, not less often than twice a month at intervals not exceeding sixteen days, in proportion to the amount of work completed; and

(b) that final settlement is made within a fortnight of the completion of the task.

III. NOTIFICATION TO WORKERS OF WAGE CONDITIONS

6. The details of the wages conditions which should be brought to the know- ledge of the workers should include, wherever appropriate, particulars con- cerning-

(a) the rates of wages payable;

(b) the method of calculation;

(c) the periodicity of wage payments;

(d) the pie pa ndr) and