Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

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

The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not provide information on the issue raised in previous comments with regard to section 10 of the Counter-Inflation (Remuneration) Act. The Committee recalls that this provision envisages, if need be, the restriction or regulation of remuneration of any kind by order of the Prices and Incomes Boards and stipulates that any agreement or arrangement which does not respect these limitations will be illegal and deemed to be an offence. In its previous comments the Committee had noted that according to the Government this provision is currently dormant due to the healthy economic position of the country and is not likely to be activated in the foreseeable future. However, the Committee noted that the possibility of reactivating this provision at any time is not in conformity with the principles of free and voluntary collective bargaining. The Committee once again requests the Government to indicate in its next report the measures taken or contemplated so as to amend section 10 of the Counter-Inflation (Remuneration) Act and bring it into full conformity with Article 4 of the Convention.