WORKERS AND DEPENDENTS RECEIVE COMPENSATION PAYMENTS 26/12/2020 Three families of former Government employees who passed away during and in the course of employment and sixteen workers, who sustained injuries at the workplace, received their final compensation payments at the Ministry of Employment, Productivity & Industrial Relations Office last week.
Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations Hon Parveen Kumar Bala said the families were very grateful for the assistance provided by the Fijian Government as these compensation pay-outs will provide greater relief to dependents of deceased workers including injured workers as they prepare for the new school year.
In the current financial year, for the Government cases, the Ministry has paid a total of forty three (43) compensation cases consisting of ten (10) death cases and thirty three (33) injury cases amounting to $860,394.65 as at 24 December 2020.