MINIMUM WAGES: INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS AND LEGAL REGULATION IN THE EAEU COUNTRIES
- Authors: Lyutov N.L1
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Affiliations:
- Magsut Narikbayev University
- Issue: No 12 (2025)
- Pages: 163-172
- Section: IN THE COUNTRIES – MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1026-9452/article/view/355802
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S3034543X25120172
- ID: 355802
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Abstract
The article analyzes the extent to which international norms concerning minimum wage standards contained in key human rights instruments (the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966, the Constitution of the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the ILO Minimum Wages Convention, 1970 (No. 131)) are implemented in five EAEU states – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. The conclusion is made that the interpretation of various international labor standards related to minimum wage is an interconnected system of acts of monitoring bodies of various international organizations, and the human right to a salary that ensures a decent standard of living for the employee and his family has been formed as a universal human right. It is proven that all five EAEU countries have sufficient potential to significantly increase the minimum wage.
About the authors
N. L Lyutov
Magsut Narikbayev University
Author for correspondence.
Email: nlioutov@mail.ru
Astana, Kazakhstan
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