ILO Meeting of Experts on Wage Policies, including Living Wages

Organised by the ILO

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Meeting of Experts on Wage Policies, including Living Wages will take place -in person- from 19-23 February 2024.

This meeting is being held as part of the plan of action on labour protection for the period 2023–29 endorsed by the Governing Body at its November 2023 session and to give effect to the conclusions related to the second recurrent discussion on labour protection adopted by the International Labour Conference this year.

Eight Employers experts will be invited to take part in this meeting.

This meeting will:

1. Examine the key principles of wage-setting processes.
2. Review recent initiatives on living wages, including aspects such as the definition of living wages that these initiatives use, their geographical coverage, the type of actors involved, the mechanisms used in their implementation, methodologies used and more specifically whether they are based on the use of estimates or benchmarks.
3. Provide guidance on a definition of living wages.
4. Examine how the ILO could provide additional support to its constituents and strengthen its global leadership on the question of wage policies, including living wages.

Luis Rodrigo Morales, Director for Industrial Relations and ILO Coordination, is coordinating, supporting and guiding the participation of the Employer constituency.