The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. Matin Karimli, ILO's Director for the Pacific, and Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative for the Pacific, explain why the time for change is now. Child .
Suva (ILO News) – In 2002, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first World Day Against Child Labour as a way to highlight the plight of working children. Observed on June 12th, the day is intended to serve as a catalyst for the .
ANISH CHAND
23 April, 2021, 6:00 pm
A police officer inspects the vehicle which collided with a street light at Korovuto in Nadi. The
Accident Compensation
Commission Fiji has paid
out $3.9 million to persons
injured in motor vehicle
accidents since January
2018. Picture: REINAL CHAND/FILE
THE Accident Compensation Commission Fiji (ACCF) has paid out $3.9 million to persons injured in motor vehicle accidents since January 2018.
ACCF said it received 985 applications for motor vehicle injuries related compensation since January 2018, of which 223 were approved and paid out.
This, according to an ACCF presentation made during a Fiji Trades Union Congress meeting recently.
ACCF said it declined 45 injury related applications and 717 were still being processed.