Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (February 2014)

The Governing Body of the International Labour Office, at its 317th Session (March 2013), decided to convene a meeting of the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission in 2014 to update the ILO minimum basic wage of able seafarers. At its 319th Session, it decided that this meeting would be held in Geneva from 26 to 27 February 2014.

The Subcommittee was established by the Governing Body at its 280th Session (March 2001) to meet every two years for the purpose of updating the basic pay or wages of able seafarers. According to Paragraph 10 of the Seafarers’ Wages, Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Recommendation, 1996 (No. 187), the basic pay or wages for a calendar month of service for an able (seaman) seafarer should be no less than the amount periodically set by the Joint Maritime Commission or another body authorized by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office.