title: Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970
text: # Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970
  
  Minimum Wage Fixing Convention 1970 (no 131) is a Convention by the International Labour Organization established in 1970. The preamble stated:
  
     Noting the terms of the Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928, and the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951, which have been widely ratified, as well as of the Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951, and
     Considering that these Convention have played a valuable part in protecting disadvantaged groups of wage earners, and
     Considering that the time has come to adopt a further instrument complementing these Conventions and providing protection for wage earners against unduly low wages, which, while of general application, pays special regard to the needs of developing countries, and
     Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to minimum wage fixing machinery and related problems, with special reference to developing countries,..
  
  ## Ratifications
  
  As of May 2023, the convention has been ratified by 54 states.
  
  | Country | Date | Status |
  | - | - | - |
  | Albania | 18 Aug 2004 | In Force |
  | Antigua and Barbuda | 16 Sep 2002 | In Force |
  | Armenia | 29 Apr 2005 | In Force |
  | Australia | 15 Jun 1973 | In Force |
  | Azerbaijan | 11 Mar 1993 | In Force |
  | Bolivia | 31 Jan 1977 | In Force |
  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 02 Jun 1993 | In Force |
  | Brazil | 4 May 1983 | In Force |
  | Bulgaria | 20 Mar 2018 | In Force |
  | Burkina Faso | 21 May 1974 | In Force |
  | Cameroon | 06 Jul 1973 | In Force |
  | Central African Republic | 05 Jun 2006 | In Force |
  | Chile | 13 Sep 1999 | In Force |
  | Costa Rica | 08 Jun 1979 | In Force |
  | Cuba | 05 Jan 1972 | In Force |
  | Ecuador | 02 Dec 1970 | In Force |
  | Egypt | 12 May 1976 | In Force |
  | El Salvador | 15 Jun 1995 | In Force |
  | Eswatini | 05 Jun 1981 | In Force |
  | France | 28 Dec 1972 | In Force |
  | Guatemala | 14 Jun 1988 | In Force |
  | Guyana | 10 Jan 1983 | In Force |
  | Iraq | 16 May 1974 | In Force |
  | Japan | 29 Apr 1971 | In Force |
  | Kenya | 09 Apr 1979 | In Force |
  | Kyrgyzstan | 12 Jan 2007 | In Force |
  | Latvia | 08 Mar 1993 | In Force |
  | Lebanon | 01 Jun 1977 | In Force |
  | Libya | 27 May 1971 | In Force |
  | Lithuania | 26 Sep 1994 | In Force |
  | Malaysia | 07 Jun 2016 | In Force |
  | Malta | 09 Jun 1988 | In Force |
  | Mexico | 18 Apr 1973 | In Force |
  | Montenegro | 03 Jun 2006 | In Force |
  | Morocco | 16 May 2013 | In Force |
  | Nepal | 19 Sep 1974 | In Force |
  | Netherlands | 10 Oct 1973 | In Force |
  | Nicaragua | 01 Mar 1976 | In Force |
  | Niger | 24 Apr 1980 | In Force |
  | North Macedonia | 17 Nov 1991 | In Force |
  | Portugal | 24 Feb 1983 | In Force |
  | Republic of Korea | 27 Dec 2001 | In Force |
  | Moldova | 23 Mar 2000 | In Force |
  | Romania | 28 Oct 1975 | In Force |
  | Serbia | 24 Nov 2000 | In Force |
  | Slovenia | 29 May 1992 | In Force |
  | Spain | 30 Nov 1971 | In Force |
  | Sri Lanka | 17 Mar 1975 | In Force |
  | Syria | 18 Apr 1972 | In Force |
  | Ukraine | 01 Mar 2006 | In Force |
  | Tanzania | 30 May 1983 | In Force |
  | Uruguay | 02 Jun 1977 | In Force |
  | Yemen | 29 Jul 1976 | In Force |
  | Zambia | 20 Jun 1972 | In Force |
  