Fiji Sun, 28 February 2018 – …Within three years, the minimum wage rate has been adjusted upwards three times.
It was increased in 2015 to $2.32 and again to $2.68 which is what it currently stands at.
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum stressed that this was only for the unskilled workers such as someone cutting grass at a residential area or someone who babysits for a few hours per day.
He further explained that when minimum wage rates are adjusted other government policies such as free education, free bus fare, subsidised electricity and 90,000 litres of free water for low income families are also taken into account.
These initiatives mean that money which would have been spent here are now saved by families. Read more…
