Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Jone Usumate
Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
Government, through the Ministry of Labour, will continue the second phase of the national minimum wage baseline survey of other workers not covered under the Wages Regulation Orders (WROs) but involved in Individual Bargaining (IB) between employers and workers.
The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations & Employment, Jone Usamate, said the survey would be for domestic workers, caregivers, backyard garage workers, tailors, home pre-school teachers, car wash workers etc.
The survey begins on Wednesday, August 7, in Suva followed by Nasinu, Nausori. Surveys to be carried out in the Western and Northern Division will be conducted by the Ministry of Labour officers.
“This will result in the determination and introduction of a national minimum wage, the hourly rate below which all sectorial minimum wage rate must be allowed to fall,” Mr Usamate said.