Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Fiji (Ratification: 1974)

With regard to its previous comments concerning section 10 of the Counter-Inflation (Remuneration) Act, which allows for the restriction or regulation of remuneration of any kind by order of the Prices and Incomes Board, and stipulates that any agreement or arrangement which does not respect these limitations will be illegal and deemed to be an offence, the Committee notes that the Government once again emphasizes the exceptional character of this Act which will only be reactivated should the economic situation of the country be threatened. The Committee also notes that, according to the Government, due to the healthy economic position the country is in at present, section 10 of the Act will remain dormant for quite a long time. While taking due note of the fact that section 10 of the Act is not likely to be activated in the foreseeable future, the Committee once again notes that the possibility of reactivating this provision at any time is not in conformity with the principles of free and voluntary collective bargaining and once again requests the Government to consider amending section 10 of the Counter-Inflation (Remuneration) Act so as to bring it into full conformity with Article 4 of the Convention.