Minimum wage – FCEF: Informal sector workers may not be benefiting

The Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services and Tourism of Santa Cruz (Cainco) proposed this Monday to freeze salaries in the public sector, as well as the national minimum, and to create a “new labor policy.” The cross-border business institution proposed alternatives for the wage increase imposed every year from the government, a few days from May 1, the date that is usually promulgated the respective decree, with a salary increase whose amoun…

Minimum wage – FCEF: Informal sector workers may not be benefiting

INFORMAL sector workers who account for the largest workforce may not be benefiting from the increased minimum wage, says the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation (FCEF). FCEF chief executive officer Edward Bernard said while all formal sector workers benefited from the new wage rate, informal sector workers did not have the same advantage. “Businesses operating in the informal sector may not be able to afford it or have the same level of comp…

FCEF calls on Minister to utilise tripartite structure

The Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation (FCEF) is calling on the Minister for Employment, Productivity & Workplace Relations to utilise the tripartite structure of the Wages Councils articulated in the law. This is in light of the Talanoa sessions organised by the Ministry where the Chairperson of the Wages Councils has been meeting with respective Chambers of Commerce and with individual businesses, supported in-person by the Minister and the …