Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) - Solomon Islands (Ratification: 1985)

Articles 1 and 3 of the Convention. Minimum wage fixing machinery. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes the Labour (Advisory Board) Rules 2012, in particular section 3(1) which provides for an equal number of employers’ and workers’ representatives in the composition of the Labour Advisory Board and the obligation of the Minister of Labour to appoint those persons nominated by the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions respectively. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that minimum wage levels are periodically reviewed based on the Household Income Survey and the Retail Price Index Survey, both conducted by the Statistics Bureau. While noting that the government representatives have not as yet been nominated to the Labour Advisory Board, the Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any steps taken to ensure that minimum wage rates are reviewed following proper tripartite consultations within the Labour Advisory Board, and taking into account all relevant criteria, as set out in section 11 of the Labour (Advisory Board) Rules 2012.