Some pay increment requests unreasonable - Hazelman

Some of the pay increments requested by the Fiji Wages Council for the 10 sectors were unreasonable.

Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation CEO, Nezbitt Hazelman said some employers had opposed the wage regulation as in some cases the wages council was requesting a 15 percent increase.

Hazelman made the comments after Father Kevin Barr resigned as the Chairperson of the Fiji Wages Council in protest after Government deferred the Wages Regulation Order to October.  

Father Barr claimed that the Government allowed employers to dominate without taking into consideration the plight of the workers.