Fiji will soon have a national minimum wage to cover workers not represented by unions or wages councils.

“It will be a wage below which no worker in the country should be paid,” Wages Council chair Father Kevin Barr told FijiLive.

He revealed workers represented by the councils were earning wages below the poverty line.

Father Barr said they are also working towards a wage increase for workers covered by the garment, security, wholesale and retail, road transport, manufacturing, mining and quarrying and building sectors in July.

He said he cannot reveal the proposed increases until they are gazetted.

Father Barr said the ten Wages Councils represent over 60 per cent of those in full time employment where in each council there are two employers representatives, two workers representatives and two independent representatives.

"All of those we represent are earning below the current poverty line of $185 a week," he said.

By Mereani Gonedua

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