The Solomon Islands government is being urged to consult small and medium businesses before deciding on a proposal to double the minimum wage.
It has been more than a decade since the last minimum wage review and the government is proposing increasing it from 50 US cents to $US1 an hour.
Last week the Chamber of Commerce and Industry told the Labour Advisory Board, which is carrying out the review, that its members support an increase but want it introduced incrementally over three years.
But the chamber's John Ta'amora says most of their members are already paying employees higher than the proposed new minimum and the government needs to talk to small business owners who are paying at the existing rate.
He told Koroi Hawkins why their members want any increase introduced gradually.
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