This project contributes to improving the living standards of workers and their families by developing living wage estimates and compiling wage-related data to inform social dialogue and evidence-based wage-setting processes in key sourcing countries of RBA members, while ensuring the sustainability of enterprises and economies.
Strategic Framework
Developing living wage estimates in line with ILO principles and providing access to a global wage data hub to support evidence-based wage-setting processes in RBA member sourcing countries.
Intervention results:
1.1. Living wage estimates, developed in line with ILO principles, are available to inform wage-setting processes in intervention countries.
1.2. National constituents and RBA stakeholders use a global wage data hub to access reliable, up-to-date wage data, including living wage estimates and economic factors, to make informed decisions on adequate wages.
Building the capacity of governments and social partners to integrate living wages into national wage-setting mechanisms, including minimum wage systems and collective bargaining frameworks.
Intervention results:
2.1. Wage-setting institutions are strengthened to operationalize living wages in a nationally anchored and sustainable way, taking into account both workers' needs and economic factors.
2.2. ILO constituents in intervention countries have improved capacity to consider workers' and families' needs alongside economic factors in wage-setting mechanisms.
Engaging ILO constituents and the RBA Living Wage Task Force to harmonize approaches and promote alignment of living wage and income initiatives with ILO principles.
Intervention results:
3.1. RBA-specific guidance materials are available to support living wage and income initiatives in adopting ILO principles for estimation and operationalization.
3.2. ILO constituents and living wage initiatives, including the RBA Living Wage Task Force, reach shared understanding through conferences, roundtables, and workshops, fostering informed social dialogue on wage adequacy.
