2% pay rise for port workers

Approximately 170 permanent workers of Fiji Ports Corporation Limited and its subsidiary Ports Terminal Limited will receive pay rises of 2% backdated to January 1 2012.

These workers had not had a pay rise for 4 years.

Attorney General and Minister for Public Enterprises Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum said that the Fiji Ports group had seen a significant improvement in financial performance in the last few years.

The group registered a net profit after tax of $7.31M for the 2012 financial year which is a 30% increase over 2011.

Ports Terminal Limited registered a loss of $26,415 in 2010.