“There should be no excuse for anybody saying otherwise because our team will be present to ensure these illegalities are avoided,” the minister said.
The Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations is cracking down on companies failing to comply with the new national minimum wage rate approved by Government. While making the revelation yesterday in Labasa during the lnternational Youth Day celebrations, Minister Parveen Bala also warned companies that were still not complying, to do so or face the full brunt of the law.
Mr Bala did not disclose the number of companies already identified of breaching the law. However, he said the companies identified were still paying workers below the new minimum wage rate.
Mr Bala said the ministry had set up a taskforce team, which had identified the alleged “double dippers”, and the company owners were taken to task.
All necessary steps have been implemented to ensure such cases are not repeated. The new wage rates were announced in the 2021-2022 Revised National Budget where employees, from January 2023, will receive an increment from $2.68 to $4 per hour, in four tranches.
The four tranches of the increment were be implemented on April 1, July 1, October 1 and January next year.
Two tranches have already been implemented where the current rate sits at $3.34 and is expected to increase to $3.67 on October 1.
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