Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) - Isle of Man

Article 66 of the Convention. Reference wage of the standard beneficiary. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes that for calculating the replacement rate of the benefits, the Government uses the reference wage of an ordinary adult male labourer which corresponds to the average wage of the ordinary adult general labourer in the Isle of Man, i.e. £343.85 for an average 37 hours week (as from 2009). The Committee also notes that according to the 2011 Isle of Man Treasury’s annual Earnings Survey, the average wage of adult male manual workers was £484.85 for an average week of 37.8 hours. In view of the big difference between these amounts, the Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify the methodology used for determining the reference wage in the light of the provisions of Article 66(4) and (5) of the Convention.