New National Minimum Wage of $2.68 will be gazetted soon - Usamate

New National Minimum Wage of $2.68 will be gazetted soon - Usamate

By Swastika Singh
Monday 10/07/2017
Minister for Employment Jone Usamate

The new National Minimum Wage of $2.68 will be gazetted soon and the general public will be informed of its implementation date.

Minister for Employment Jone Usamate says the new wage rate will be implemented in due course and employers and employees will be informed of the new date.

Usamate says the Fijian Government has increased the national minimum wage of $2.32 to $2.68 during the announcement of its 2017‑2018 National Budget.

He says the new National Minimum Wage together with other measures such as assistance to the low income earners through education assistance, subsidies for electricity and water, pension and social welfare assistance will improve the quality of life for the marginalised.

Usamate says the national minimum wage applies to all workers in the informal sectors such as house girls, caregivers, backyard garage workers, to name a few but it also co‑exists with the ten sectoral wages regulations.

He says the government for the third time has raised the national minimum wage between 2013 to 2017.

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