The Fiji Times, 03 November 2017 – ONE hundred and seventy employers are being investigated by the Ministry of Employment, Industrial Relations and Productivity for failing to pay their workers according to the revised national minimum wage rate and under sectorial-based minimum wages.
This was revealed by the Minister for Employment, Industrial Relations and Productivity, Jone Usamate, who confirmed the ministry’s compliance section was investigating the matter.
“The ministry, as part of its compliance and inspection process is investigating a total of 18 cases for the month of October 2017 under the national minimum wage and 152 cases also for the month of October for 10 Sectorial based minimum wages,” he said. Read more…
