The Fiji Times, 27 May 2018 – COMPLYING with changes to the new minimum wage rate for unskilled workers has not been a problem in Fiji, says Employment Ministry’s independent consultant on the country’s national minimum wage rate, Professor Partha Gangopadhyay. Prof Gangopadhyay said in an interview there had been no issues so far with compliance from $2.32 to $2.68 introduced last year.
The professor of economics at the University of Western Sydney, who has led the consultation over minimum wage rate in the country, believes most employers have complied well.
“My understanding with compliance is that it has been very good and has not been a major issue so far,” he said. Read more…
