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MLIRTE 2007 ANNUAL REPORT 1 | P a g e

Parliamentary Paper No. 73 of 2017


Guiding

principles The Ministry is the Agency of government that promotes and implements social justice principles in workplaces throughout Fiji that are compatible with our domestic and international needs. It creates this image through the adoption of wholesome corporate values compatible with its vision and mission statements. This is the way we perceive ourselves and it is the way we would like others to view us as well.

Vision DECENT WORK FOR ALL

This vision captures the desire of all workers to be accorded the fundamental principles and rights at work consistent with precepts of the ILO core Conventions. It is an all-encompassing term. Decent in terms of decent wage, decent condition, decent work environment that promotes dignity in the workplace for all types of work including domestic work and the role of homemakers in the family. It includes the non-discrimination of workers with HIV/AIDS and the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace. It is the idle employment condition we would like to facilitate for workers and employers to achieve through dialogue, in a spirit of mutual respect, trust and good faith.

Mission In alignment with the Fiji Constitution and international standard, the Ministry seeks to provide an enabling environment that promotes stable employment relations, improve work environment, dignity in the workplace, fair terms and conditions, speedy resolution of grievances, through mediated resolution to grievances for increased level of productivity.

Contents

Minister’s Statement 3

Permanent Secretary’s Report 4

Executive Summary 5

Highlights and Achievements 6

Corporate Service 9

Labour Administration Service 12

Labour Standards Service 15

Policy and Legal Service 19

Industrial Relations Service 23

Arbitration Tribunal 25

National Occupational Health and Safety Service

26

OHS Training, Accreditation, Chemical and Hygiene Service

26

Capital Projects & Information Technology Service

28

Risk Engineering Service 30

Field Operation Service 32

Workmen’s Compensation Service 34

National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Board (NOHSAB)

Audit Report

36

38

Appendices 39


Minister’s Statement Honourable Minister Bernadette Rounds Ganilau

The year 2007 has been remarkable especially in terms of the achievements of the Ministry.

The enforcement of the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007, the awareness training on the Employment Relations Promulgation, the drafting of regulations and codes, training on mediation and the initial work on the proposed workmen compensation reform are the highlights of the year.

Apart from the achievements, what is significant to me is the attitudes of the staff; working long hours, meeting targets and satisfying customers and clients. That augurs well for the Ministry, for these are the people who will be executing the reforms, and taking forward the new law and its regulations.

What I want to state here is that the Ministry will not be judged by the number of laws and regulations it puts out in a year, but by how effective it enforces the laws and regulations and the degree of compliance attained. It will be a test of the character of the officer, his values and ideals. I believe that the Ministry has the right caliber of people to effectively enforce the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 and commence other reforms.

The reforms in the Ministry are not only timely but necessary. There are no borders and the economy is globalized; what we have to do together is take a look at ourselves. Are we doing the right thing, are we walking the right path? More than ever before, this is the time when civil servants should first serve others, before pausing to look at them.

This is a bold challenge, but I sincerely suggest that this no moment for partisan ideals but for working together for the common good.

I commend the Ministry’s 2007 Annual Report and wish the staff well in their future endeavours

Bernadette R Ganilau

MINISTER FOR LABOUR, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT


Permanent Secretary’s Report

Mr. Taito Waqa

The preparation and submission of Annual Reports is a requirement under the General Orders for the purpose of informing the public of activities by the Ministry and any major achievements and progress made to implement Government policies and objectives during the year.

The Annual report of year 2007 presents an account of what the Ministry has done to inform the public and to solicit its interest, and encourage it to take interests in what the Ministry is doing.

This Report is done in a simple way to encourage the public to read it; it contains pictures, information and data on programs and events. Achievements and activities are listed in chronological order to capture the process undertaken to realize them.

This foreword will not hijack the purpose of the Annual Report but rather to lay the platform for what will be a pleasant journey of exploration into the core activities of the Ministry, the efforts to improve the working conditions and improve the health and welfare of workers and employers, the activities of trade unions and the fulfillment of our obligations as Member States of the International Labour Organisation and the Asian Productivity Organization.

The year 2007 was a successful one for the Ministry and I must acknowledge the guidance and advice by Madam Bernadette Rounds Ganilau as Minister before the reign was taken over by Mr. Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi.

I am deeply indebted to the Ministers for the achievements in the year under review and I am sure that the staff of the Ministry wholly shares with me their appreciation.

____________

Taito Waqa

PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR LABOUR, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & PRODUCTIVITY


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2007 started with changes- the Ministry portfolio expanded to become the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations, Local Government, Tourism and Environment with its new Minister being Mrs. Bernadette Rounds Ganilau. This change brought with it certain challenges in terms of administrative, funding and policy arrangements and the policy papers achieved in the period would be reflected in the Cabinet Paper submissions during this period. About two-thirds of the way through the year Tourism was taken away from the Ministry portfolio and Mr. Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi replaced Mrs. Ganilau as Minister. Also the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Taito Waqa, as for others in the Service was asked to step down and their posts were re-advertised. Mrs. Taina Tagicakibau headed the Ministry during this period as acting Permanent Secretary but suffice to say Mr. Waqa returned to his post and Mrs. Tagicakibau was promoted and transferred as Permanent Secretary for the Public Service. Needless to say the Ministry continued its efforts cautiously on its Employment Relations Reform during this period despite a feeling of uncertainty on the way ahead. This resulted in the milestone decision by Cabinet on 13

th February 2007 to implement the Employment Relations

Promulgation (ERP) 2007 in stages with employers, workers and government sector given a six (6) month transition period to prepare for changes which were to come about by 1

st October

2007 with full implementation on 2nd

April 2008. With the endorsement now by the Government the Ministry continued its ground preparations with re-shuffle of senior staff on acting Deputy Secretary and other posts, the drawing up of Codes of Conduct and Codes of Ethics and other Regulations, and in awareness and training for staff and for stakeholders as the Fiji Trade Union Congress, Fiji Island Council of Trade Unions, Fiji Employers Federation, the Government sector through the Centre of Training and Development and other individual organizations as the Fiji Electricity Authority, Fiji Telecommunications Ltd. etc. At the same time the Ministry completed its reform under the Finance Management Reform. Though one in the last of a final group of departments to go online under FMR this development was nonetheless regarded as significant by the Ministry. With the above reform the Ministry continued as well with its efforts in providing quality customer services through its normal core services through which the challenge was to incorporate expected change within normal systems process. Issues of note were:

Difficulties in making appointments to Trade Unions Advisory Board resulted in no meetings for the TUAC, though administration of Union activities were continued.

Appointments of members to ten (10) Wages Councils being suspended but the Ministry continued in its efforts to administrate the work of the wages Councils, especially to re-align it to the ERP 2007.

Supervision of secret ballots where Unions were concerned where 57 Secret Ballots were conducted of which ten (10) were to gauge strike action by Unions.

On the Labour Standards front $245,065 overall was recorded for recovery of wages and by the end of the year some 655 cases remained pending for court action and there were 167 foreign contracts attested.

The Permanent Arbitrator recorded 83 Awards with a Sole Arbitrator who had been taken on to ease the preparation of cases under the ERP 2007 , recorded 22 Awards with one case pending in Court.

Under OHS achievement rates against targets were high under the Chemical Hygiene Accreditation and Training Unit, Capital projects & IT, Mechanical Risk Engineering Service and Field Operations Services in all Districts and Divisions. Overall revenue collection for OHS in 2007 amounted to $680,192.

The Workmen‟s Compensation settled and paid out about $1.38 million for 1037 cases and continued efforts to improve on tracking and monitoring of case status.


HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Under its Corporate Plan for 2007 the Ministry identified a number of key priorities. Some of the more notable achievements and highlights were as follows: Appointment of New Minister Mrs. Bernadette Rounds Ganilau appointed as Interim Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations, Tourism and Environment on 09/01/07

Transferment of Productivity Portfolio to Ministry of Youth & Sports Cabinet approved the transfer of Productivity portfolio to Ministry of Youth and sports and employment Opportunities and reshuffle of APO Desk Management Posting Permanent Secretary stood down from office for about two (2) months and reengaged in late February. Deputy Secretary was posted on promotion as Permanent Secretary for Public Service Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 Cabinet approved the enactment of the Employment Relations Bill on the 13

th of

February 2007 for implementation with effect from 1

st October 2007, with a six (6)

months grace period for workplace adjustments. However, Cabinet then approved the proposal made by employers to stagger the commencement of the various parts of the Promulgation to allow the employers, workers and government to better prepare for the full implementation of the Promulgation and endorsed the new compliance date of 2

nd April 2008 for all

Parts of the Promulgation. ER Awareness Training The Ministry has been continuously providing awareness training during the development stages of this Law, however, the momentum increased after 1

st October

2007. A total of thirty five (35) awareness training was conducted by the ministry during the year for organizations such as Fiji Island Council of Trade Unions (FICTU) Fiji Employers Federation (FEF), Fiji Island Hotel and Tourism Association (FIHTA), Fiji Telecommunications Limited, Consumer Council, Fiji National Provident Fund, Flour Mills of Fiji, Vodafone, Punjas and Gulam Mohammed and Development Sub Committee meetings comprising of all Government Permanent Secretaries.

Mediation As part of the ER Promulgation, the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) conducted the 2

nd module mediation training

for selected ministry staff in May 2007. Accreditation of Mediators was deferred to 2008 due to heavy schedule of mediation programme by the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) at the end of the year. Code of Ethics for Mediators Drafting of the Code of Ethics for Mediators was completed and approved by the Employment Relations Advisory Board (ERAB) in 2007. Code to be passed by Cabinet early 2008. Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining Drafting of the Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining was completed in June and approved by ERAB during the year. Code to be passed by Cabinet early 2008. Employment Relations (Administration) Regulations Drafting of the Administration Regulations completed and approved by ERAB in 2007. Regulations to be passed by Cabinet early 2008. National Policy for Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Drafting of the National Policy for Sexual Harassment n the Workplace completed and endorsed by ERAB in December meeting. Policy to be passed by Cabinet in 2008. National Code of Practice for HIV/AIDS in the Workplace Drafting of the National Code of Practice for HIV/AIDS in the Workplace completed and was endorsed by ERAB and NOSHAB meeting in December 2007. Code to be passed by Cabinet in early 2008. Financial Management Reform (FMR) The Reform kicked-off early 2007 and was completed and operational from 1

st

November 2007. Ministry staffs attended FMR courses to strengthen its application on the financial management information system (FMIS). The new system is reliable and also improved the management of the ministry‟s financial matters


ILO Obligations A five (5) member tripartite delegation attended the 96

th Session Annual

Conference of the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland in June. The delegation was headed by Honourable Minister for Labour, Industrial relations, Tourism and Environment, Mrs. Bernadette Rounds Ganilau. ILO Conventions The ministry managed to ratify the following Conventions for the year 2007 C81: Labour Inspection Convention C149: Nursing Personnel Convention C155: Occupational Safety and Health Convention C172: Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention C178: Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention Convention 184: Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention Convention 170: Chemical Convention

Cabinet Papers A total of twenty eight (28) cabinet papers out of the annual target of twenty four (24) papers were submitted to Cabinet and the Commission within time frames, which is equivalent to 117%. Refer to Appendix A for the list of cabinet papers submitted in 2007: APO and Other Training Through the APO Desk at Ministry of Youth, Sports and Employment APO Training continued to be facilitated for attendance of Fiji nationals to specialized training courses organized by the Asia Productivity Organization (APO). Approximately 125 participants from Fiji were selected to attend various management, environmental and productivity training programmes in various

member countries of the APO.


HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

The Ministry is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the following legislations:

1. Employment Act (Cap 92)

2. Factories Act (Cap 99)

3. Fiji National Training Act (Cap 93)

4. Health and Safety at Work Act, 1996

5. Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Act 2003

6. Health and Safety at work (Administration) Regulations 1997

7. Health and Safety at work (Training) Regulations 1997

8. Health and Safety at Work (Representatives and Committees) Regulations 1997

9. Health and Safety at work (General Workplace Conditions) Regulations 2003

10. Health and Safety at Work (Control of Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2006

11. Health and Safety at Work (Diving) Regulations 2007

12. Industrial Association Act (Cap 95)

13. Public Holidays Act (Cap 101)

14. Trade Unions Act (Cap 96)

15. Trade Unions (Recognition) Act 1998

16. Trade Dispute Act

17. Wages .Regulation (Building and civil and electrical Engineering Trades) Order

18. Wages Regulation (Garment Industry) Order

19. Wages Regulation (Hotel and Catering Trades) Order

20. Wages Regulation (Manufacturing Industry) Order

21. Wages Regulation (Mining ad Quarrying Industry) Order

22. Wages Regulation (Printing Trades) Order

23. Wages Regulation (Road Transport) Order

24. Wages Regulation (Sawmilling and Logging industry) Order

25. Wages Regulation (Security Services) Order

26. Wages Regulation (Wholesale and Retail Trades) Order

27. Workmen‟s Compensation Act (Cap 94)


CORPORATE SERVICE The Corporate Service was tasked with efficient management, administration and coordination of services in relation to finance, personnel and material assets to support the Ministry‟s core services. Budgetary Provision The Ministry‟s approved annual budget for 2007 was $5,180,992 and actual expenditure amounted to $5,041,518.94 as detailed on the next page. The ministry in 2007 did not obtain the RIE for Employment Relations (ER) amounting to $400,000 however it manage to caution its momentum especially in the implementation of ER Reforms through the funding made by the National OHS Advisory Board as approved in their 2007 board meeting. The Ministry conducted various cost cutting reviews during 2007 to achieve requirements to reduce costs by 10%. Included were limitations on the use of telephone direct lines, better management in usage of electrical appliances, machines and air conditioning units and posts not being filled to create savings.

Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS)


Personnel Management The Ministry staff establishment slightly increased in 2007 compared to the previous year with 130 established and 16 unestablished personnel. Addition to the need to re-arrange normal staffing positions to deal with critical areas, the Ministry had to cope with high staff turnover especially in the general labour cadre and specialized positions, and was unable to fill vacant post with permanent appointments due to limited funds as at 31/12/07; the Ministry recorded a total of 34 substantive vacant posts. This meant the Ministry operated at 77% capacity in 2007. However, to ensure effective staff establishment and management the Ministry Staff Board met on a monthly basis to discuss appointment transfers, discipline and other staffing issues. Refer to Appendix B for person to post details. Senior Managers meetings were conducted every Monday morning, chaired by the Permanent Secretary. Section QCC meetings were also conducted once a month. Training Progressive human resources development through workshops, seminars and training were implemented to improve the skills and competence of the Ministry staff. In 2007, a total of 24 staffs attended

higher institutions such as the Fiji Institute of Technology and the University of the South Pacific for further studies in completing their Diploma, Degree and Masters Degree level.

In house training conducted for approximately thirteen (13) ministry staffs as Refresher Course for Database Applications for Database Operators. The information inputted will be used to support the new Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 when fully enforced in April 2008.

In-service courses conducted by the

Public Service Commission Centre for Training and Development were also attended by ministry staffs during the year.

Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Program attended by: 1. Mr. Taito Waqa on First International

Conference on Knowledge Management for Productivity and Competitiveness in New Delhi, India from 11-12 January 2007.

2. Mrs. S Vosarogo on OHS Management System in Jakarta, Indonesia from 23 – 27 April, 2007;

3. Twenty nine (29) Labour Officers on Dispute Management Skills/Mediation Training from 15 – 20 May, 2007 in Fiji

4. Five (5) Labour Officers on E-Learning on Green Productivity and Integrated Management Systems (ISO 90001, ISO14001, OHSAS18001 in Suva, Fiji from 9 – 12 July 2007

5. Vimlesh Maharaj on Forum on Labour Management Cooperation in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 4 – 7 December 2007.

In 2007, a total of thirty five (35) ER Training conducted to Organisation and stakeholders by ministry Senor Officials upon request. Detailed ER Training conducted is shown in Appendix C.


Sports & Social Club In sports and other social activities, members of the staff were encouraged to participate whenever possible. This led to the Ministry’s participation in one of the sports tournament with the Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Ministry of Local Government, and Housing held in 2007 at the Suva Grammar School grounds.

Ministry Officials participating in Sports


LABOUR ADMINISTRATION SERVICE The Labour Administration Service is responsible for the effective operation of the Employment Relations Advisory Board (ERAB), the effective administration of Trade Unions and Industrial Associations and the work of the ten (10) Wages Councils. Manager Labour Administration is also the Assistant Registrar of Trade Unions and the Service provided Secretariat to the ERAB, the ten (10) Wages Councils and the Trade Unions Advisory Committee. Employment Relations Advisory Board The Employment Relations Advisory Board (ERAB) met twice during 2007 to discuss papers submitted to it by the Secretariat. The Board discussed the following papers during their ERAB meetings in the year. ERAB Paper 1/07 - Update on the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 ERAB Paper 2/07 - Employment Relations (Labour Management Consultation and Co-

operation Committee) - LMCC ERAB Paper 3/07 - Employment Relations (Administration) Regulations 2007 ERAB paper 4/07 - Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining ERAB Paper 5/07 - Code of Ethics for Mediators ERAB Paper 6/07 - National Policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace ERAB Paper 7/07 - Draft Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS The two ERAB meetings were held at the Tanoa Plaza Conference Room, Suva on the 17

th of

September and on the 18th of December 2007. Members of the ERAB 2007 are given in Table

1

Table 1: 2007 Employment Relations Advisory Board Members.

Chairperson Permanent Secretary for Labour and Industrial Relations

Representatives of

Employers Workers Government Other

Deputy Chairperson

Deputy Secretary for Labour and Industrial Relations

Members Mr. Howard Politini Mr. Felix Anthony Permanent Secretary for Finance & National Planning

Ms. Marie Chan

Mr. Ken Roberts Mr. Daniel Urai Permanent Secretary for Public Service Fr. Kevin Barr

Mr. Himmat Lodhia Mr. Agni Deo Singh Permanent Secretary for Labour and Industrial Relations

Mr. Vincent Lobendhan

Mr. Desmond Whileside Mr. Tomasi Tokalauvere

Permanent Secretary for Labour & Industrial Relations

Photo 10: Employment Relations Advisory Board (ERAB) meeting

Labour Advisory Board meeting at Tanoa Plaza


Trade Unions Advisory Committee

The Trade Unions Advisory Committee (TUAC) is established under the Trade Unions Act and advises the Registrar of Trade Unions (Permanent Secretary), on matters relating to registration, change of name, suspension and cancellation of registration of trade unions and alteration of Constitution.

There were no meetings of the Trade Unions Advisory Committee conducted during the year due to difficulty in appointments of members and allocation of funds held in abeyance as a cost cutting measure in 2007.

WAGES COUNCIL The membership of the ten (10) Wages Councils were suspended by Cabinet for the year 2007. The Labour Administration Service continues with the administration work of the Wages Council by: Replying to objections from the Fiji Bus Operators Association in regards to the Road

Transport WRO 2007; Amending the anomalies in the Building & Civil & Electrical Engineering Trades Order

2007; Identifying relevant provisions of the ER Promulgation 2007 to incorporate to each of the

ten (10) WROs; and Working on the increase of Wages Council Orders on the increase of wages ceilings from

$150 to $250.

Table 2: The ten (10) Wages Regulation Orders

No. Wages Regulation Order Effective Dates

1. W.R (Building and Civil and Electrical Engineering Trades) Order 23/03/2007

2. W.R (Garment Industry) Order 23/11/2005

3. W.R (Hotel and Catering Trades) Order 25/08/2006

4. W.R (Manufacturing Industry) Order 21/08/2006

5. W.R (Mining ad Quarrying Industry) Order 18/11/2005

6. W.R (Printing Trades) Order 19/06/2006

7. W.R (Road Transport) Order 10/04/2007

8. W.R (Sawmilling and Logging industry) Order 20/01/2006

9. W.R (Security Services) Order 16/01/2006

10. W.R (Wholesale and Retail Trades) Order 15/09/2006

Registration of Trade Unions The office of the Registrar of Trade Unions continued its efforts to ensure the effective administration of trade unions and industrial associations through ensuring their proper registration, assessment of annual returns, registration of amendments, monitoring of secret ballots, administering suspensions, de-registration and amalgamations. There was no registration of trade unions received for the year. Registration of Industrial Associations Total of thirteen (13) Industrial Associations registered in 2007 as shown in Appendix E Annual Returns Total of thirty three (33) annual returns received by the ministry during the year. Supervision of Secret Ballots Supervision of fifty seven (57) secret ballots was conducted out of which ten (10) were for strike ballots in 2007.


Total of thirteen (13) Unions conducted their annual General Meetings and submitted their Annual Returns as follows;

Table 3: Trade Unions Secret Ballots

Trade Unions Secret Ballots Strike Ballots 1. Viti National Union of Taukei Workers 2. Fiji Nursing Association Annual General Meeting & Annual Returns

3. National Union of Factory Commercial Workers 4. Fiji Sugar & General Workers Union 5. Fiji National Training Council 6. Tropik Wood Employees & Allied Workers Union 7. Staff Association of University of Fiji 8. Fiji Banks and Finance Sector Employee Union 9. National Union of Municipal Workers 10. Finance Sector Management Staff Association 11. Vanua Levu Fijian Timber Workers Union 12 Viti National Union of Taukei Workers 13 PAFCO Employees Union

Efficient investigation of complaints on Trade Union matters were also conducted during the year whereby the Service met with executive Committee of the National Union of Public Workers on 13/05/07 in regards to complaints received from their members and also met with National Union of Trade Union Workers on the non-conduct of the 2007 AGM and election of Office Bearers. Public Employees Union (PEU) Lautoka Branch members were also investigated on the non-payments of benefits. Compulsory Recognition Order (CRO) Total of six (6) applications received for Compulsory Recognition Order during the year. Out of the six (6) CROs, three (3) were withdrawn, two (2) were issued and one (1) was rejected. During the same period the ministry also received two (2) application for de-recognition. One (1) application was rejected and the other remains pending as at end of the year.


LABOUR STANDARDS SERVICE

The Labour Standards Service of the Ministry is responsible for the effective administration of legislation relating to terms and conditions of employment which are stipulated under the Employment Act and Regulations, Wages Council Act and Regulations, and Wages Regulation Orders (WRO).

The Ministry conducts follow up inspections of employers to ensure that they adhered to the requirements of these laws.

Labour Inspections

A total number of eight thousand, nine hundred and thirty one (8931) workplaces were registered in 2007 whereby a total of five thousand, two hundred and thirty six (5236) were covered by the ten (10) Wages Regulation Orders (WRO)

A total of three thousand, two hundred and fifty (3250) workplaces covered by WROs were inspected during the year which is equivalent to 62% and a total of four thousand, nine hundred and one (4901) labour inspections were conducted for the year out of eight thousand, nine hundred and thirty one workplaces registered in 2007 which this is equivalent to 55%.

Table 4: Labour Inspections in 2007

Month WRO Inspections

WRO % Inspection Others

Total Inspection

Total % Recovery ($)

January 205 3.92 75 280 3.14 4,984.84

February 371 7.09 156 527 5.90 85,923.09

March 373 7.12 150 523 5.86 6,337.64

April 231 4.41 107 338 3.78 6,162.26

May 406 7.75 86 492 5.51 8,119.28

June 338 6.46 125 463 5.18 20,637.02

July 304 5.81 156 460 5.15 7,179.61

August 294 5.61 126 420 4.70 15,635.74

September 241 4.60 166 407 4.56 34,169.68

October 274 5.23 192 466 5.22 12,400.00

November 151 2.88 179 330 3.69 0.00

December 62 1.18 133 195 2.18 8,861.54

Total 3250 62.07 1651 4901 54.88 210,410.70

Compiling Inspection Report Attending to Labour Complaints


Graphs shown below shows the breakdowns for Labour Inspection carried out during the year under review.

Labour Complaints

The Ministry received one thousand, four hundred and forty five (1445) complaints during the year. Of this total, 383 complaints (26.5%) were settled and a total of $245,065.08 was recovered from complainants.

Table 5: Labour Complaints in 2007

Year 2007

Total Complaints Received 1445

Total Complaints Settled 383

Total Complaints Pending 1062

Percentage of Complaints Settled 26.5%

Recoveries $245,065.08


Recoveries

Total sum of $245,065.08 were recovered from complaints on wages, annual leave, maternity leave, overtime and arrears of wages as shown in Table 6.

Table 6: Labour Complaints Recoveries

Month Wages Annual Leave

Maternity Leave

Overtime Arrears Total

Jan 6128.36 7158.73 0 772.28 4,686.43 18,745.82

Feb 5892.32 5226.46 0 4,345.33 5,443.42 20,907.53

Mar 5293.87 7402.05 417 148.80 4,662.59 17,924.31

Apr 6665.62 7932.49 420 3,964.29 4,571.17 23,553.57

May 3011.85 3728.50 420 401.78 1,409.84 8,971.97

Jun 6299.93 6003.02 941.28 1,107.32 16,673.87 31,025.42

Jul 7094.51 3979.78 0 3,126.67 3,617.79 17,818.75

Aug 6475.15 4050.02 0 1,390.32 685.82 12,601.49

Sept 8358.42 6958.06 0 23,801.82 1,795.22 40,914.06

Oct 9736.96 5869.09 125 1,509.00 7,035.86 24,276.72

Nov 3578.08 13654.12 0 0 2,611.41 19,643.61

Dec 2696.88 3882.94 0 726.26 1,175.75 8,481.83

Total 71,231.97 75,846.79 2323.28 41,293.87 54,369.17 245,065.08

Prosecution

A total of seventy five (75) cases were filed whereby twenty eight (28) cases were settled. Total of two hundred and thirty (230) cases were called in Courts during the year leaving the total of seventy one (71) cases pending in courts. Employers were prosecuted for breaching provisions of the Employment Act. The breaches were found during routine workplace inspections and after following up on complaints from concerned workers. Refer to Table 7 for details of prosecution cases.

Table 7: Prosecution for the year 2007

Month No. of Cases

Filed No. of cases

Called No. of Cases

Settled No. of Cases

Pending

Jan 23 21 2 44

Feb 3 8 1 46

Mar 3 8 1 48

Apr 0 5 1 47

May 4 8 1 50

Jun 7 21 3 54

Jul 10 16 12 52

Aug 7 18 1 58

Sept 2 30 2 58

Oct 5 40 0 63

Nov 5 40 3 65

Dec 6 15 1 70

Total 75 230 28 655


Supervision of Secret Ballots Ministry staff conducted supervision of secret ballots for trade unions for the purpose of electing trade union office bearers, the amalgamation of trade unions and trade unions seeking mandate for strike action. During the year under review, forty two (42) officers of the Labour Standards Service supervised a total of eighteen (18) supervisions when ballots were conducted by trade unions for various reasons. Foreign Contracts As part of its role, the Service also oversees the attestation of foreign contracts for workers. This helps ensure that the work conditions provided are fair and workers are justly remunerated. In 2007, total of one hundred and sixty seven (167) Contracts were attested with the Ministry for thirteen (13) Agencies for a duration of three (3) months, one (1) year and two (2) years as shown on Table 8.

Table 8: 2007 Foreign Contracts

No. of

Contracts Employer/Agents Duration

Jan 13 Tuna Pacific, Control Risk, Origin Energy 1 year

Feb 7 Triple Canopy, Origin Energy 1 year

Mar 18 Campbell Shipping, Tuna Pacific 1 year

Apr 3 Campbell Shipping 1 year

May 12 Tawam Hospital, Tuna Pacific Agency, Campbell Shipping

1 year, 3 months

Jun 60 Hostile Tactics, Origin energy, Triple Canopy, Meridian Services

1 year

Jul 17 Origin Energy, Meridian Services, Tawam Energy, Triple Canopy, General Authority for Health Services

2 years 1 year, 3 months

Aug 8 CKP Fishing, Tuna Pacific, Campbell Fishing 1 year

Sept 9 Health Link New Zealand, Origin Energy 1 year, 3 months

Nov 18 CKP Fishing, Tuna Pacific, Campbell Fishing 1 year

Dec 2 Campbell Fishing 1 year

Total 167 13 Agencies


POLICY AND LEGAL SERVICE The core function of this Service is to advise the Permanent Secretary on policy and legal matters pertaining to the operations of the Ministry especially on the Employment Relations Promulgation and its related regulations. Employment Relations Promulgation The Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 is the culmination of a very extensive and intensive consultations and consensus building with the tripartite social partners and other stakeholders for the last ten (10) years. In February this year, the Interim Cabinet finally approved that the Promulgation becomes law effective from 1

st October 2007, with a six (6)

months grace period for workplace adjustments. The Promulgation has also undergone the final legal vetting process of the Attorney General‟s Office. It was also presented for the last time at the Labour Advisory Board‟s (LAB) first meeting this year which was held on 17/09/07. Due to difficulties in securing membership to the LAB, the labour ministry could not convene any meeting earlier in the year which also helped in the cost cutting measure adopted by the Ministry. Cabinet at its meeting held on 25

th September 2007 had approved to stagger the

commencement of various Parts of the Employment Promulgation 2007 (ERP). The administrative Parts have been implemented from 1

st October 2007, while the compliance date

for all Parts is effective from 2nd

April 2008. The six (6) months grace period allows the social partners to better prepare for the implementation of the Promulgation. Especially, conducting awareness training, the development of Regulations and Codes, and the reviewing of human resource management systems and processes. Employment Relations Promulgation Consultation The Ministry over the last ten (10) years had conducted a very extensive consultations and consensus building exercise with the tripartite constituents including other stakeholders culminating into country-wide road show during the developmental stages of the initial Employment Relations Bill lead up to the ERP 2007. This new legislation has introduced some new features and also made amendments to the initial Bill, therefore it became imperative that the social partners and other stakeholders are made aware of, and trained on this progressive employment law and the expected practice to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Promulgation. Employment Relations Promulgation Awareness The Ministry has been continuously providing awareness training during the development stages of this Law; however the momentum increased after 1

st October 2007. While the

ministry has been responding to training requests from the employers and the trade union bodies on an adhoc basis, the training methodology was streamlined after 1

st October, to

ensure that awareness training is afforded to all those who have made requests by sectors and by industry The Fiji Trade Union Congress (FTUC) and the Fiji Island Council of Trade Unions (FICTU) were the first to request for awareness training as they are quite familiar with the importance of the Promulgation. Similarly, Fiji Employers Federation (FEF) also took the opportunity for three training sessions, two (2) in Suva and one (1) in Nadi. The Fiji Island Hotel and Tourism Association (FIHTA) as an umbrella body of Hotels had also sought Ministry assistance in the provision of training which were conducted in Nadi. They are concerned on the effects of the new laws on their current systems and processes, including practices in terms of “rest days” and the “hours of work”. Government statutory commercial bodies like the Fiji Electricity Authority, Fiji Telecommunications Limited, Consumer Council and the Fiji National Provident Fund also requested for awareness training and these were conducted in Suva and Lautoka. Individual employers like Flour Mills of Fiji, Punjas and Gulam Mohammed, on specific requests, were provided awareness training and the Ministry is inundated with requests for training to be conducted before the full implementation date of 2

nd April, 2008.


The Permanent Secretary conducted awareness training for Development Sub-Committee meetings comprising of all the government, Permanent Secretaries. Following recent requests from other government Ministries and Departments for training, the Ministry had decided to formulate a structured training program for the public sector in consultation with the Public Service Commission‟s Centre for Training and Development (CTD). This extensive training programme will commence in 2008. Meanwhile, officers of the Ministry have been used as resource personnel in delivering awareness training for civil servants at the CTD and also divisions and districts like those held in Labasa and Lautoka. The Ministry‟s awareness programme also includes media marketing campaign led by the Labour Minister, supported by Ministry‟s staffs. They have appeared in radio “Talk Back” shows and “Have Your Say” TV Program with the intention to disseminate information to the wider audience before the full compliance date of the Promulgation. Over the last three years, the Ministry has continuously been engaged in capacity building, in terms of retraining and up-skilling of the officers of the Ministry to take up the new challenges under the Promulgation. Towards that end, the officers have been exposed to numerous in-house training and their skill levels are periodically evaluated through assessment in examinations and work performances. Training has not been one way through out, as the Ministry has also benefited too from the comments and constructive criticism made during the training sessions. These have enabled the Ministry to adapt the training to meet the needs of the stakeholders. More importantly, these comments and criticisms will shape the finalization of the Employment Relations Regulations and the Codes that are now before the Employment Relations Advisory Board (ERAB) Sub Committee which form was known as the Labour Advisory Board (LAB) ILO obligations The Service is also responsible for fulfilling Fiji‟s obligations as a member state of the ILO. A total of seven (7) ILO Conventions has been ratified by Fiji during the year 2007. Listing of the ratified ILO Conventions is shown below

1. Convention No. 81 – Labour Inspection Convention

2. Convention No. 149 – Nursing Personnel Convention

3. Convention No. 155 – Occupational Safety and Health Convention

4. Convention No. 172 – working conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention

5. Convention No. 178 – Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention

6. Convention No. 184 – Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention

7. Convention No. 170 – Chemical Convention As an ILO member state, the Government is required to comply with the provisions of the ratified ILO Conventions and submit regular reports on ratified as well as unratified Conventions. Attendance of the International Labour Conference (ILC) A tripartite delegation to the 96

th Session of the International Labour Conference was held in

Geneva, Switzerland from 30/05/2007 – 10/06/2007. As a member state of the ILO, Fiji was represented by a tripartite delegation led by the Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations, which was approved by Cabinet in its Decision No. 190 of 8

th May 2007. The other members

of the delegation comprised two government delegate, and one each from the Fiji Trades Union Congress and the Fiji Employers Federation as tabulated.

International Labour Conference Fiji Delegation

Honourable Bernadette Rounds Ganilau Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations

Mr. Taito Waqa Government Delegate

Mr. Osea Cawaru Government Delegate

Mr. Ken Roberts Employers‟ Representative

Mr. Daniel Urai Workers‟ Representative


The Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations, Tourism and Environment delivered her address at the Plenary Session on Thursday 14

th June. The Minister highlighted the significant

progress that the Interim Government has made towards Fiji‟s Decent Work journey, as reflected in its recent approval of Fiji‟s new Employment Relations Promulgation to be effective from 1

st October 2007. The Conference delegates and observers were also informed in her

address that this Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 finally brings Fiji‟s employment policy and legislation in compliance with the entire eight (8) core ILO Conventions, including another eighteen (18) Conventions, with Fiji complying with the provisions of the twenty six (26) ILO Conventions it now ratified.

Report on the International Labour Conference (ILC) 2007 The ILC is an annual event and there is an obligation under the ILO Constitution, that each member State is represented by a tripartite delegation and that all the costs are borne by Government. The Conference was attended by more than 3000 delegates including labour ministers and leaders of workers and employers organizations from most of the ILO‟s 180 member States. The delegates discussed issues ranging from decent work and development to child labour in Agriculture, work in the fishing sector, equality at work, forced labour and the promotion of sustainable enterprises. These issues were discussed by the five (5) Conference Committee given below. 1. Committee on the Application of Standards 2. Committee on the Fishing Sector 3. Committee on Strengthening of ILO‟s Capacity 4. Committee on sustainable Enterprises 5. Finance Committee All Committee were tripartite in nature, chaired by a government representative and two deputy chairpersons representing the workers and the employers respectively. To ensure active participation of the Fiji delegation on these issues, the delegates were distributed amongst these committees discussing respective issues in the first two (2) weeks of the Conference, for resolution by final adoption and voting in the third week at the Plenary, when they are supported by the Labour Minister who also addressed the Plenary to secure Fiji‟s responses on these issues. In this regards, the Permanent Secretary Mr. Taito Waqa represented the Fiji government with full voting rights, at the committee on the application of standards and the Committee on Strengthening of ILO‟s capacity. Similarly, the Director OHS, Mr. Osea Cawaru, represented the Fiji Government, with full voting rights, at the Committee on the fishing Sector and the Committee on sustainable enterprises. The Employer and Trade Union delegates rotated around the Committees depending on their respective agenda and priorities.

Honourable Minister Mrs. Bernadette Ganilau addressing members of the

International Labour Conference

Fiji’s Delegation to the 96th

Session of the ILO Conference in Geneva


All the resolutions (Conventions, Recommendations or Report) decided by majority consensus at the various Conference Committees were tabled for discussions, voting and adoptions at the conference Plenary in the last week of the meeting. A notable progress was the adoption at the Plenary of a new Work in Fishing Convention 2007 and its complementary Work in Fishing Recommendation 2007, which the Fiji delegation fully supported.

Legal Unit

The Legal Unit falls under the Policy and Legal Services of the Ministry and comprises of a Manager for Policy and Legal Service, one (1) Senior Legal Officer and two (2) support staff who is responsible for all legal matters and issues arising out of and through the administration of the current labour legislation namely the Trade Disputes Act, Trade Unions Act, Trade Unions (Recognition) Act, Workmen‟s Compensation Act, Employment Act, Wages Council Act, Public Holidays Act and the Health and Safety at Work Act. The Legal Service was taken over by Solicitor General‟s Office due to shift of legal personnel to that office in 2007.

Honourable Minister Bernadette Ganilau presenting the Interim Government

delegation’s gift to the ILO Director General Mr. Juan Somavia

Worker’s Representative Mr. Daniel Urai ready to deliver his speech at the

International Labour Conference (ILC)


INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SERVICE The Industrial Relations Service is responsible for maintaining a harmonious industrial relations climate amongst social partners through the effective administration of relevant legislation and standards. It‟s also committed to the conduct of ongoing training of employers and workers on industrial relations laws and practices based on existing International Labour Organization Standards. Below are statistical details on the task performed by the service during the year 2007. Trade Disputes A total of 134 disputes were reported in 2007, of which 33 disputes were settled through conciliation and disputes committee. Another 26 disputes were withdrawn, 7 were rejected while 2 were referred back to the parties. Of the remaining disputes, 43 were referred to the Arbitration Tribunal and 48 were still pending as of December 2007. Total of 50 cases were pending from 2006 that were actioned in 2007, of which thirty three (33) cases were referred to Arbitration and seventeen (17) cases settled. The delay in settling disputes was due to the removal of the Permanent Secretary in early January and delay in finalizing the Permanent Secretary‟s position until mid-February 2007. The finalization of some of these trade disputes as the acceptance and referral of these disputes rests solely on the statutory decision of the Permanent Secretary. Attempts are made to settle all cases through the settlement machinery in place under the Trade disputes Act.

Table 9: Trade Disputes in 2007

Disputes of Rights A dispute of Right is defined as a dispute concerning the interpretation of application or operation of a Collective Agreement including any dispute that arises during the current term of a Collective Agreement or a dispute that is not a dispute of interest. In 2007, this type of trade dispute represented the highest proportion of all reported disputes, totaling to 111. The Dispute of Right is referred to a Disputes Committee for a decision. Disputes Committee A Dispute Committee is a committee formed by the Permanent Secretary comprising a chairman and independent nominees representing the employers and trade unions that are parties to the dispute. The Committee must reach a decision by consensus. They are also required to give reasons for its decision. If a consensus decision cannot be attained then the dispute is compulsorily referred to the Arbitration Tribunal for adjudication Dispute of Interests A dispute of Interest is a dispute that is created with the intention to procure a collective agreement or settle a new matter. In 2007, a total of 24 disputes of interests were reported to the Ministry

Trade Disputes 2007

Total Disputes Reported 134

Total Disputes Settled 33

Total Disputes Withdrawn 26

Total Disputes Rejected 7

Referred to Arbitration Tribunal 43

Total Disputes Pending 48

Total Disputes Referred Back to Parties

2

Total Disputes for Judicial Review 1


Strikes Total number of five (5) strikes report was received by the Ministry during the year. Strikes reported were conducted by the following: 1. Employees of Post Fiji Limited who are members of Fiji Posts and Telecommunications

Employees Association. Strike was declared illegal by the Minister and ordered its discontinuance.

2. Strike conducted in July by the Fiji Nursing Association (FNA) from midnight of Tuesday 24/07/07 and by the end of the month. The strike still continues without any settlement as Cabinet had curtailed any referrals to Arbitration.

3. Another strike reported from Fijian Teachers Association and Public Employees Union in August.

4. Imposition of the emergency decree by the interim government had resulted in the absence of any strike action by the union movement in first quarter of 2007.

5. FNPF staffs went on strike in December who are members of the Fiji Bank Finance Sector Employees Union.

The Industrial Relations Service had averted four (4) strike actions during the year. The four strikes are: 1. Air Traffic Management Association of Fiji (ATMAF) VS Airports Fiji Limited (AFL) 2. Fiji Public Service Association (FPSA) VS Fiji Institute of Technology (FIT) 3. Fiji Public Service Association (FPSA) VS Public Service Commission (PSC) 4. Fiji Teachers Union (FTU) VS Public Service Commission (PSC) Determination of Recognition Under the Trade Unions (Recognition) Act an employer has the right to seek determination of recognition on grounds that the union membership has dropped to less than 50% of its total workforce. Collective Agreements In 2007, the Ministry received ninety five (95) Collective Agreements from trade unions for vetting and registration. Certificate were issued for each registered agreement and completed within a week of receipt. This helps ensure that the agreement conform to existing labour standard and practices.


ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL The Arbitration Tribunal is an independent statutory body established under the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act to adjudicate on trade disputes involving both the private and public sectors. Under the trade dispute machinery, the Permanent Secretary for labour and Industrial Relations refers a trade dispute to the Arbitration Tribunal after the Dispute Committee or Conciliator is unable to resolve it. After hearing the dispute, the Tribunal would hand down its decision in the form of an award, which is binding on all parties to the dispute. The Tribunal is headed by a Permanent Arbitrator, who must be legally qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Fiji. The current incumbent Mr. William Callanchini was appointed in 2004. Referred Trade Disputes The details of trade disputes that were referred to the Arbitration Tribunal are shown in Table 10 below

Table 10: Referred Trade Disputes in 2007

Nature of Disputes 2007

Dismissal/Termination 40

Log of Claims 1

Redundancy/Retirement 1

Breach of Collective Agreement 4

Non Appointment/Promotion 1

Others 13

Total 60

Awards

Despite the resources constraints, the Tribunal was able to deliver a total of 83 awards during the year. Awards are for dismissal or termination, of log of claims, redundancy or retirement, breach of collective agreement, appointment, non-appointment or promotions and others.

Sole Arbitrator The service of the Sole Arbitrator continued in 2007 to complete tasks carried out from the previous year. The Arbitration Service completed twenty two (22) awards; one (1) case was decided by the court and was still pending in court as at the end of 2007. Judicial Review Under the current laws of Fiji, the Arbitration Tribunal‟s Awards are subject to review under the legal avenue of Judicial Review to the High Court. Total of four (4) cases was for Judicial Review for the year 2007.

Preparation of final Awards for endorsement after Arbitration hearing


NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SERVICE The National Occupational Health and Safety Service (NOHSS) is responsible for the enforcement of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1996 and its subsidiary legislations and Workmen‟s Compensation Act (Cap 98). NOHSS aims to promote and maintain a working environment, which is healthy and safe to both workers and employers and directly contributes to improved productivity. This is achieved by improved OHS awareness through training of OHS committees, joint OHS partnership projects, development of OHS regulations and codes of practices, OHS audits, investigations and enforcement initiatives. The Service also processes Workers' Compensation claims for work-related injuries and deaths. NOHSS comprised the following five (5) services: Training, Accreditation, Chemical and Hygiene (TACH) Capital Projects and Information Technology (CPIT) Risk Engineering Service (RES) Field Operation Service (FOS) Workmen‟s Compensation Service (WCS) OHS Training, Accreditation and Promotion The TACH Unit is responsible for occupational health and safety training which is an integral part of an occupational health and safety management strategy and the implementation of its policies and procedures. It is also responsible for the administration and delivery of specialized OHS Training and promotion for OHS committees and representatives in workplaces around the country. In 2007, the Unit conducted 41 OHS training sessions for 61 different workplaces. All together a total of 758 participants attended these training sessions.

Chemical Assessment & Control and Hygiene The Unit is also responsible for Chemical Assessment & Control and Occupational Hygiene service. It administers and enforces Part IX of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1996. Part IX stipulates the assessment and control of chemicals, including pesticides that are used in Fiji workplaces. The Unit also conducts hygiene audits of workplaces as part of its duties. It predominantly involved in the supervision of asbestos removal for buildings around the country. In view of the high risk involved in this specific activity, the section also assumes the responsibility of training personnel involved in the actual removal of the Asbestos containing materials

Some of the Chemical Assessment & Control and

Occupational Hygiene activities undertaken in 2007

includes the:

Workplace Inspections

Occupational Hygiene Services

SMART Audits

OHS Hazard Audits

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Training

OHS Inspection


Table 11 below summarized the activities undertaken for Chemical Assessment & Control and Occupational Hygiene.

Table 11: Chemical Assessment & Control and Occupational Hygiene Activities

Activities Annual Target

Annual Achievement Percentage

(%)

Workplace Inspections 20 20 100%

Occupational Hygiene Service 20 20 100%

SMART Audits 20 20 100%

OHS Hazard audits 20 20 100%

Revenue

Table 12: Revenue generated by the TACH Unit for the year 2007

Unit Revenue Forecasted

Revenue Generated

Percentage (%)

OHS Training, Accreditation & Promotion $50,000.00 $73,710.00

Chemical Assessment & Control and Occupational Hygiene $21,540.00

Total $50,000.00 $95,250.00 190.5%


CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CPIT) Capital Projects The Capital Project Service conducts vetting of workplace design to comply with the Health and Safety at Work (General Workplace Conditions) Regulations 2003 Regulations 63 of the General Workplace Conditions (GWC) Regulations states that every building used as a workplace shall be of sound construction and kept in a good state so that it does not expose users to unacceptable OHS risks. The building owner is required to maintain his/her building in conformance to the requirements of these regulations. Regulations 64 states that any new workplace design must be given prior approval by the Chief Health and Safety Inspector before rural and local authorities can proceed with the building application. Before giving prior approval, the Chief Health and Safety Inspector would ensure that a workplace design satisfied the GWC requirements. The Capital Project service is part of the proactive move by the Ministry to reduce the risks in workplaces as well as to address the needs of the workers within a workplace. Workplace designs are vetted for compliance to the GWC. The distribution of core activities undertaken by the Unit in 2007 is shown in Table 13 below.

Table 13: Activities undertaken by CPIT Service in 2007


Annual Achievement

Percentage (%)

General Workplace Conditions Regulations Awareness

10 11 110%

Vetting of new or altered workplaces/buildings 20 19 95%

Capital Projects Design Vetting 50 141 282%

Information Technology (IT)

The Information Technology Service is responsible for the design implementation and maintenance of the Ministry‟s information technology systems and investments. During the year, the Unit completed the linking of the Sigatoka Office to the govnet domain and upgrade Western Office systems.

The Unit also carryout ongoing update of reported OHS injuries and Workmen‟s Compensation claims statistics for accurate identification of key risk industries and injury agents on a regular basis. It also provides database training to staffs for effective and efficient data input of the ministry‟s databases.

The IT Services also analyses reports and collates statistics of work-related accidents, injuries and illnesses. This information enables the Capital Project and Information Technology Unit to identify the major causes of occupational injuries and illnesses, and subsequently implement appropriate and practical preventative measures.


CPIT Revenue

Revenue generated by the Capital Projects and Information Technology Service for the year 2007 is given in Table 14

Table 14: Revenue Generated by CPIT Service

Revenue

Forecasted Revenue

Generated Percentage

(%) CPIT Revenue $30,000.00 $27,610.00 145%

Updating of Ministry’s Website


RISK ENGINEERING SERVICE (RES)

Core Function

The Risk Engineering Service is responsible for the vetting of plants and machinery designs gazetted under Schedule 4 of Health and Safety at Work (Administration) Regulations 1997, and the Non – Destructive Testing (NDT) of high tensible load structures such as tank surfaces, pipelines and building steel structures to ensure their compliance with the accepted reliability and safety standards recognized in this country.

The key role of the Risk Engineering Service is to facilitate, advise and enforce safety engineering principles to improve reliability, health and safety in all workplaces through the application of recognized standards, Codes of Practice and best practices to improve technological compliance to eliminate or minimize risks.

Engineering Design Vetting

This Service provided for all suppliers distributors, wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers of plants, machinery and protective gear in Fiji. The vetting process allows the National OHS Service to monitor all the equipment in Fiji and ensure that no „illegal dumping‟ occurs. The Risk Engineering Service completed two hundred and twenty four (224) engineering design vetting of plants and machineries out of the annual target of 100 which is equivalent to 224%.

Engineering Consultancy

This service is provided by the Engineers and Technical Officers of the Risk Engineering Unit to provide professional advise to clients on the best design in an engineering context with equal emphasis on OHS aspects. RES provided a total of two hundred and forty five (245) Risk Engineering Consultancy services during the year out of the annual target of 100 which is equivalent to 245%.

Non – Destructive Testing (NDT)

The NDT Service is provided to clients who want inspections done on machinery or plants particularly after it has been structurally modified or altered from its initial design. Total of two thousand, six hundred and seventy seven (2677) NDT consultancy services were provided to clients out of the annual target of twenty (20) which is equivalent to 13385%.

The distribution of core activities undertaken by the Unit in 2007 is shown in Table 15:

Table 15: RES Core Activities in 2007


Annual Achievement

Percentage (%)

OHS Awareness 9 3 33.3%

OHS Management Systems Audit 15 2 13.3%

Risk Engineering Consultancy 100 245 245%

NDT Consultancy Services 20 2677 13385%

Engineering Design Vetting 100 224 224%

Photo 22: Engineering Design Vetting Engineering Design Vetting


RES Revenue

Revenue generated by the Risk Engineering Service for the year 2007 is given in Table 16

Table 16: Revenue Generated by RES

Revenue Forecasted Revenue Generated Percentage

(%)

RES Revenue $50,000.00 $97,464.00 200%


FIELD OPERATION SERVICE (FOS) Core Function The Field Operation Unit is an arm of the National OHS Service under the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations, which is responsible for ensuring the effective operation of the Field Operation Service within the Central/Eastern, Western and Northern Divisions. Core Activities The Unit is responsible for the implementation of provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1996 and associated OHS legislations in all workplaces covered under the Act. Core activities include: The enforcement of OHS Standards specified under OHS Regulations and Codes of

Practice; Provisions of an effective emergency OHS Response Service for fatalities, serious

injuries/diseases in workplaces; Assistance of workplaces in the setting up of Health and safety Representatives and/or

Committees; encourage employers and workers to consult with each other on safe and healthy work practices; advise and assist employers and workers in the performance of the OHS obligations under the Act and advise them of the assistance available in carrying out their obligation;

Responsive and effective OHS investigation, enforcement and prosecution; Carrying out OHS Management Audit in workplace and conducting statutory engineering

inspections of plant/machinery under the Act; registration of workplaces, plant and substances/chemicals in accordance with OHS legislation;

Conduct of conciliation between aggrieved parties on immediate threat situation under Section 25 of the Act and other OHS issues;

Assistance in giving sound policy advise to the Minister, the Permanent Secretary and the National OHS Advisory Board (NOHSAB) on matters relating to Field Operation Service.

The activities of the Field Operation Unit in the field of occupational health and safety (OHS) are based on the concept of the „duty of care‟ principles. The primary objective is to create a proactive OHS risk management culture with all potential risk creators in the labour market to ensure that those who create the risks in the workplace and those who work with them have the primary responsibility to solve them (rather than relying on Government Inspectors as encouraged in the former statutory and administrative arrangements) namely the Factories Act. The Unit is also targeting improvement in its inspection targeting system and so far has sent letters to employers who have not registered with the National OHS Service informing them of their duty of care responsibilities and also involving them to improve their overall OHS management system in the workplace. The distribution of the core activities undertaken by FOS in 2007 is shown in Table 17 below

Table 17: FOS 2007 Core Activities

Activities Annual Target Annual

Achievement Percentage

(%)

Workplace Promotional Visits 250 395 158%

Diving Training 30 23 76.6%

OHS Management and Hazard Audits 500 343 68%

New OHS Representatives and Committees 60 92 153%

Statutory Engineering Inspection 4000 4461 112%

Workplace Registration 700 657 93.8%


FOS Revenue

Revenue Generated by the Field Operation Service for the year 2007 is given in Table 18

Table 18: Revenue Generated by the FOS Unit

Revenue

Forecasted Revenue

Generated Percentage

(%)

FOS Revenue $400,000.00 $463,613.00 116%

OHS Statutory Inspection


WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION SERVICE (WCS)

Core Function The Workmen‟s Compensation Act (Cap. 94) places upon employers the legal reasonability to compensate workers who sustain injuries, contract diseases out of or in the course of their employment. The actual compensation is through monetary payments and medical care provisions. In the case of death, compensation is paid to the dependents. Compensation Claims The Workmen‟s Compensation Service received nine hundred and eighteen (918) compensation claims for injuries and illnesses that occurred during the year. Of this total eight hundred and twenty eight (828) were for injuries sustained and illnesses contracted by workers in the course of employment. Compensation Cases Settled During the year, one thousand and thirty seven (1037) compensation cases were settled against the annual target of one thousand and two hundred (1200), Total of 129 government cases and 908 private sector cases settled with a total payout of $923,490.25 out of the $1000,000 which is to be utilized under RIE to injured workers and beneficiaries of deceased workers. A comparison with compensation cases and payout in 2007 is shown in Table 19 and detailed illustration is reflected in Appendix F Table 19: Compensation Cases Settled and paid in 2007

Category Cases

Settled Compensation

Paid ($) 2007 2007

Fatal 67 $273,498.40

Permanent Partial Incapacity 312 $1,087,157.15

Temporary Incapacity 658 $28,622.69

Total 1037 $1,389,278.24

Trust Accounts The Workmen‟s Compensation Act makes provision for the payment of compensation to dependents of deceased workers, to be paid in court. Upon application, the court directs at its discretion the sum paid to be apportioned amongst the legal dependents and invested for their benefit, under a joint trust with the Permanent Secretary for Labour and Industrial Relations. At the end of December 2007, the Ministry had a total of $876,223.04 Trust Account compensated. The details of which are shown in Table 20.

Table 20: Compensation Trust Accounts as of 2007

District Total ($)

Suva 391,088.66

Lautoka 114,097.45

Labasa 155,057.69

Nadi 85,214.88

Sigatoka 25,431.00

Ba 75,189.08

Savusavu 30,144.28

Total $876,223.04


Revenue Generated by the National OHS Service The National OHS Service generated a total of $680,192.00 out of the yearly target of $530,000 which is equivalent to 128.3%. Refer to Appendix G for detailed revenue generated by the Service in the year 2007.

Table 21: Revenue Generated by NOHSS

Unit Annual Target Revenue Generated Percentage

(%)

Training and Promotion $50,000.00 $73,710.00 191%

Chemical and Hygiene $21,540.00

Capital Projects & Information Technology

$30,000.00 $27,610.00 92%

Risk Engineering Service $50,000.00 $97,464.00 195%

Field Operation Service (Western) $400,000 $180,885.00 115%

Field Operation Service (Northern) $46,694.50

Field Operation Service (Central/Eastern(

$232,288.50

TOTAL $530,000 $680,192.00 128.3%

Updating of Workmen’s Compensation Database


NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD (NOHSAB) Core Function The National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Board comprises the Permanent Secretary for Labour and Industrial Relations as the Chairperson, three (3) members from the most representative employers organization and four (4) from the most representative workers‟ organization. Government is represented by the Ministry of Local Government, Urban Development & Public Utilities, Ministry of Tourism and Environment, Ministry of Transport, Works and Energy, Ministry of Health and Public Service Commission. As defined under Section 35 of the Act, the main functions and powers of the Board are: a) To advise the Minister on matter relating to Occupational Health and Safety b) To inquire into and report to the Minister on matters referred to it by the Minister c) In liaison with the Inspectorate, to facilitate the development of Health and Safety at Work

Regulations, Standards and Code of Practice for the Minister‟s consideration; and d) Such other functions as are imposed on it by or under the Health and Safety at Work Act The Board is also empowered to invite one more person(s) it considers appropriate to act in an advisory capacity to advise the Board on matter relating to Occupational Health and Safety. The Board conducted only one (1) meeting during the year. Meeting was held at the Southern Cross Hotel Conference Room on the 20

th December 2007.

Listed are some NOHSAB achievements in 2007 NOHSAB Paper 2/07 – Extension of OHS Project Technical Officer Appointments

The Board approved the extension of appointment of the six (6) OHS Project Technical Officers and release of the sum of One Hundred and Two Thousand, Six Hundred and forty Five Dollars and Ninety Six cents ($102,645.96) only for the purpose of salaries and other relevant costs for the six (6) project officers.

NOHSAB Paper 3/07 – Update on Draft Health and Safety at Work (Issue Resolution)

Regulations 2006 NOHSAB noted for information the update on the Health and Safety at Work (Issue (Resolution) Regulations.

NOHSAB Paper 4/07 – Update on OHS Accreditation System The Board endorsed the certification of the nine Accredited Trainers subject to the members‟ verification of the individual candidate examination results.

NOHSAB Paper 5/07 – Report on the 96

th Session of the International Labour

Organization (ILO) Conference (i) The board noted the deliberations of the 96

th Session of the International Labour

Organisation Conference to reduce the decent work deficit (ii) Noted that the Fiji Government was not cited at the Conference, as it successfully met

all its obligations under the ILO Instruments and Constitution; and (iii) Approved the re-imbursement of the conference expenses totaling $FJ77, 301.59 from

the OHS Fund back to the Ministry‟s expenditure account. NOHSAB Paper 6/07 – HIV/AIDS in the Workplace

The Board noted the development the “National Code of Practice for HIV/AIDS in the Workplace” by the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations and its status to date. Code of Practice to be tabled in Cabinet next year.


Board Members Members of the National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Board is given on Table 22 below Table 22: National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Board members 2007

Chairperson Permanent Secretary for Labour and Industrial Relations Representatives of

Employers Workers Government Members Mr. Kenneth

Roberts Mr. Rajeshwar Singh

Ms. Mereoni Vuinakodu – Public Service Commission

Mr. Ravin Lal Ms. Jotika Sharma Permanent Secretary for Health Mr. Hira Lal Ms. Basundra

Kumar Permanent Secretary of Transport, Works & Energy

Mr. Rohit Singh Permanent Secretary of Tourism and Environment

Permanent Secretary of Local Government, Urban Development & Public Utilities


AUDIT REPORT


Appendix A – Cabinet Papers Submitted in 2007

No. Cabinet Decision

Cabinet Paper

1. 22 Emperor Gold Mining Company Limited’s (EGM) Redundant Workers Rehabilitation Scheme

2. 46 Employment Relations Bill

3. 45 Emperor Gold Mining Limited (EGM) Redundant Workers

4. 78 Workers Compensation Scheme Update

5. 118 Workers Compensation Report – Government Employees

6. 132 2008 Public Holidays

7. 191 Proposal to Ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 149: Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977.

8. 192 Proposal to Defer the Ratification of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 177 – Homework Convention, 1996

9. 193 Proposal to Defer the Ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 181 – Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997

10. 194 Proposal not to Ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 183 – Maternity Protection Convention, 2000.

11 190 Convocation of the 96th Session of the International Labour Conference

12 217 Proposal to Defer the Ratification of International labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 179: Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996.

13. 216 Proposal to Defer the Ratification of International labour Organization (ILO) Convention No 179 Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers Convention, 1996

14. 218 Proposal to Defer the Ratification of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 180: Seafarers Hours of Work and the Manning Ships Convention, 1996

15. 214 Proposal to Ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 155: Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981

16. 215 Proposal to Ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 184: Safety and Health in Agriculture, 2001.

17. 239 Proposal to Ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 178: Labour inspection (Seafarers) Convention, 1996

18. 252 Emperor Gold Mining Company Limited

19. 266 Proposal to Ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 81: Labour Inspection Convention, 1947

20. 267 Proposal to Ratify International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 172: Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991

21 276 Submission by Confederation of Public Sector Unions (CPSU)

22. 279 Status of Public Sector Unions Strike Balloting

23. 311 Report on the 96th Session of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conference

24. 298 Recommendation to Retain Retirement Age on 60 Years in view of Submissions by the Confederation of Public Sector Unions and FICTU Affiliates

25. 337 Negotiation with the Fijian Teachers Association (FTA), Viti National Union of Taukei Workers (VNUTW), Public Employees Union (PEU), affiliates of the Fiji Islands Council of Trade Union (FICTU)

26. 316 Outcome of Talks with Public Sector Unions

27. 331 Negotiation with the Fiji Nursing Association (FNA)

28. 436 Proposal to Stagger the Implementation of the Employment Relations Promulgation 207 to Allow Workplace Adjustments.


Appendix B - Person to Post 2007

No. Post Title Substantive 1. Minister Bernadette Ganilau

2. Permanent Secretary Taito Waqa

Deputy Secretary Vacant (1)

Chief Labour Officer Vacant (1)

3. Permanent Arbitrator William Calanchini

4. Director – OHS Osea Cawaru

Director Labour Services Vacant

Chief Administrative Officer/Director Vacant

5. Manager Policy and Legal Services Sainivalati Kuruduadua

6. Manager Labour Administration Service Harbans Narayan

7. Manager Corporate Service Margaret Chute

8. Manager Industrial Relations Service Vimlesh Maharaj

9. Manager Labour Standards Service Sadrugu Ramagimagi

Manager Training, Accreditation, Chemical and Hygiene Vacant (1)

Manager Capital Projects & Information Technology Vacant (1)

10 Manager Risk Engineering Service Isikeli Raratabu

11 Manager Field Operation Service (Central Eastern/Northern)

Isimeli Tuivaga

12 Manager Field Operation Service (Western) Mateo Daurewa

13 Manager Workmen’s Compensation Service & NOHSAB Samu Namosimalua

Senior Legal Officer Vacant (1)

14 Senior Administrative Officer Malakai Niulevu

Senior Administrative Officer (OHS) Vacant (1)

15 Senior Labour Officer Arieta Tagivetaua

16 Senior Labour Officer Sahadeo Singh

17 Senior Labour Officer Surendra Shiudin

18 Senior Labour Officer Tevita Kunatuba

Senior Labour officer Vacant (1)

19 Senior Accounts Officer Nemani Bulitavu

20 Senior Technical Officer Vani Varea

21 Senior Technical Officer Ronald Raj

22 Senior Technical Officer Lepani Delai

23 Senior Technical Officer Malakai Raikoti

Senior Technical Officer Vacant (1)

24 Senior Systems Analyst Filimoni Lutunaika

25 Senior Legal Officer Vacant

26 Senior Secretary Melaia Bale

27 Senior Secretary Akisi Seru

28 Senior Secretary Ilimaina Baleiverata

Engineer IT Vacant

Engineer (Electrical) Vacant

29 Engineer (Mechanical) Niraj Kumar

30 Engineer (Chemical) Venita Lal

31 Technical Officer Higher Grade Viliame Cagilaba

32 Technical Officer Higher Grade Rohit Prasad

33 Technical Officer Higher Grade Nawal Kishore

34 Technical Officer Higher Grade Asivorosi Vusoniceva

35 Technical Officer Higher Grade Lui Mario

36 Technical Officer Higher Grade Epeli Narisia

37 Technical Officer Higher Grade Inia Qereqeretabua

38 Technical Officer Higher Grade Vacant (3)

39 Labour Officer Dalip Chand

40 Labour Officer Sosiceni Manulevu

41 Labour Officer Tavite Racumu

42 Labour Officer Shane Pickering

43 Labour Officer Iliesa Dave

44 Labour Officer Senitiki Lesi

45 Labour Officer Vaseva Rokowati

46 Labour Officer Shalendra Nair

Labour Officer Vacant (3)


47 Technical Officer Laijpa Fox

48 Technical Officer Tomasi Kama

49 Technical Officer Sera Vosarogo

50 Technical Officer [Project] Osea Tuivanua

51 Technical Officer [Project] Mereoni Lutuciri

52 Technical Officer [Project] Napolioni Baleivanualala

53 Technical Officer [Project] Mohammed Shiraz

54 Technical Officer [Project] Arun Lal

55 Technical Officer [Project] Tevita Bolaivuna

56 Technician (Electronic) Vishal Anand

57 Assistant Labour Officer Sahid Ali

58 Assistant Labour Officer Ilaitia Rakuro

59 Assistant Labour Officer Joeli Pulu

60 Assistant Labour Officer Tomasi Keni

61 Assistant Labour Officer Ashwin Dayal

62 Assistant Labour Officer Michelle Solvalu

63 Assistant Labour Officer [OHS] Shabana Khan

64 Assistant Labour Officer Vacant (2)

65 Secretary Nanise Vakamayau

66 Secretary Amelia Rokovada

67 Administrative Officer Inoke Dreudreu

Accounts Officer Vacant (1)

68 Assistant Accounts Officer Suman Kumar

Executive Officer Vacant (1)

69 Information Assistant Elina Kadi

70. Data Operator Jobe Nabalarua

71 Labour Inspector [OHS] Manasa Raicebe

72 Labour Inspector [OHS] Sanjiv Kumar

73 Labour Inspector [OHS] Virisila Ratu

74 Labour Inspector [OHS] Madhu Lata

75 Labour Inspector [OHS] Om J Sharma

76 Labour Inspector [OHS] Akuila Tuleca

77 Labour Inspector [LSS] Aleem Shah

78 Labour Inspector [LSS] Sashi Lata

79 Labour Inspector [LSS] Ateca Cakau

80 Labour Inspector [LSS] Pio Ratavo

81 Labour Inspector [LSS] Manean Corrie

82 Labour Inspector [LSS] Vasiti Mariana

83 Labour Inspector [LSS] Manoa Bose

84 Labour Inspector [LSS] Munesh Sami

85 Labour Inspector [LSS] Devina Rao

86 Labour Inspector [LSS] Alvin Singh

87 Labour Inspector [LSS] Ana Ravucake

88 Labour Inspector LSS] K Chand

89 Labour Inspector [LSS] N Sagar

90 Labour Inspector [LSS] Biu Waqaniburotu

91 Labour Inspector [LSS] Ateca Cakau

92 Labour Inspector [LSS] Eferemo Ratucoko

93 Labour Inspector [LSS] Mere Coalala

94 Labour Inspector [LSS] Apenisa Naceba

95 Labour Inspector [LSS] N. Shankar (TR]

96 Labour Inspector [LSS] Samisoni Mataitoga

97 Labour Inspector [LSS] Roneet Lal

98 Labour Inspector [LSS] Atish Kumar

99 Labour Inspector [LSS] Esiki Tukana

Labour Inspector Vacant (2)

100 Clerical Officer Jioweli Vakamoce

101 Clerical Officer Viliame Nauludugua

102 Clerical Officer Vani Varasikete

103 Clerical Officer Helen Mua [TR]

104 Clerical Officer Shalini Chand

105 Clerical Officer Sitiveni Tabua

106 Clerical Officer Shalini Ram


107 Clerical Officer Waisake Suka [TR]

108 Typist Reshmi Rita

109 Typist N Nand

110 Typist Ofa Tagi

111 Typist Veniana Naveveula

112 Typist Devina Lal

113 Typist Joanne Williame

114 Typist Liku Namule

115 Typist Vasiti Lilo

116 Typist Neelam Nitika

117 Typist Reapi Dakuitoga

118 Typist Farisha Ali

119 Typist Keasi Rokovasa

120 Typist R Bosoka

121 Typist J Atalifo

122 Typist Miriama Vocea

123 Typist W Kunadei

124 Typist Unaisi Koroi

125 Typist M Sadranu

126 Typist Seruwaia Lomayaco

127 Typist Nileshni Lal

128 Typist M Rokomoutu

129 Telephone Operator Raijieli Bale

130 Telephone Operator Unaisi Kuruyawa [T/R]

Unestablished Staff

2007 UNESTABLISHED STAFFS

No. Post Title Substantive

1. Driver (OHS) Apaitia Mataiyatu

2. Driver (Headquarters) Keresoni Kida

3. Driver (Headquarters) Romelusi Druma

4 Messenger (Central/Eastern) Jone Vunivalu

5 Messenger (Headquarters) Waisea Matai

6 Cleaner/Gardner (Sigatoka) V Vakaseva

7 Cleaner (OHS) Saimoni Rauga

8 Cleaner (Headquarters) Uma Deo

9 Cleaner (Central/Eastern) Roshan Khan

10 Cleaner (Savusavu) L Turisau

11 Cleaner (Labasa) N Chand

12 Cleaner (Ba) R Tuitubou

13 Cleaner (Nadi) J Dawai

14 Labourer (Lautoka) S Seru

15 Watchman (Headquarters) U Ratupita

16 Watchman (Headquarters) J Matawalu


Appendix C – Employment Relations Promulgation Awareness Conducted in 2007

Date Requesting

Organization Coordinator

No. of Participants

Level

1 20/07/07 FTUC SLO (PLS) 23 Union Reps/Delegates

2 26 – 27/07/07 FTUC SLO (PLS) 16 Union Reps/Delegates

3 02 – 03/08/07 FTUC SLO (PLS) 21 Union Reps/Delegates

4 14/08/07 FIT MLSS 10 Managers & HRM Personnel

5 15/08/07 PSC In-House SLO (IR) 15 Line Supervisors

6 17/08/07 PSC In-house LO (Labasa) 20 Line Supervisors

7 30/08/07 FICTU/CCF SLO (PLS) 30 Stewards/Union Reps/Delegates

8 31/08/07 FICTU/CCF SLO (PLS) 30 Stewards/Union Reps/Delegates

9 19/09/07 FEF Senior Managers 31 CEO’S & General Managers

10 20 – 21/09/07 FEF – HR & Managers

Senior Managers 30 HR Managers

11 26/09/07 FEF - CEO A/DS, MPLS, MLAS 12 CEO’s & General Managers

12 27 – 28/9/07 FEF – HR & Managers

A/DS, MPLS, MLAS 30 HR Managers & Supervisors

13 02/10/07 Radio talkback show

MLAS General Public – Hindi Listeners

14 04 – 05/10/07 Fiji Hotel & Tourism Association

A/DS, MPLS, MLAS 85 Proprietors/CEO’s, General Managers & HR Personnel

15 09/10/07 TV One Minister, PS General Public

16 10-11 /10/07 FEA A/MIR, SLO (PLS) 50 Managers/ Supervisors/Team Leaders

17 11/10/07 FMF MLAS, SLO (PLS) 26 Supervisors/Team Leaders

18 12/10/07 FEA A/DS, A/MIRS, SLO(PLS)

7 CEO’s & General Managers

19 17/10/07 Telecom A/DS, MPLS, MLAS, MLSS, A/MIRS

40 CEO’s General Managers/

HR personnel

20 18/10/07 Punjas & Sons Limited

A/DS, MPLS, MLAS, MLSS, A/MIRS

23 Managers & Supervisors

21 19/10/07 FEA Lautoka

A/MIRS, MLSS 55 Managers/Team Leaders

22 23/10/07 Consumer Council of Fiji

A/DS, MLAS, A/MIRS 10 CEO/Senior Managers/Board members

23 24/10/07 FSC A/DS, MLSS, MLAS, A/MIRS

20 Manager/ HR Managers

24 25/10/07 MLIR West Staff A/DS, MLSS, MLAS, A/MIRS

15 Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations Staffs

25 26/10/07 FSC A/DS, MLSS, MLAS, A/MIRS

25 Supervisors of al Mills

26 30/10/07 GMR Muhammed SLO (PLS) 7 Supervisors

27 01/11/07 FNPF -Management PS, A/DS, MLSS, MLAS, A/MIRS

50 All Senior Heads and Managers

28 02/11/07 FNPF – Suva Staff PS, A/DS, MLSS, MLAS, A/MIRS

50 General Staff

29 02/11/07 LSS North Staff MLSS Labasa – 3 Savu2 - 2

MLIR Northern Staffs

30 13/11/07 ILO/FTUC SLO (PLS) 25 Officals/Delegates

31 13/11/07 LSS Officers Suva and CE & HQ

PS, MLSS, MLAS, A/MIRS, A/MTACH

24 MLIR Staffs

32 07/11/07 The Salvation Army MLSS 8 MLIR Officials

33 03/12/07 Home Finance PS, MLSS, MLAS, A/MIRS, A/MTACH

20 Senior Managers

34 06/12/07 Council of Pacific Education

SLO (PLS) 25 Women Teachers

35 07/12/07 MYOB Professional Accountants Club

Member

MLSS


Appendix D – Transport

Appendix E – Industrial Associations Registered in 2007

Appendix F –Workmen‟s Compensation Pay – Out in 2007

Month TI No of cases PPI No of cases Fatal No of cases

January 2,741.00 5 2,594.17 2 24,045 1

February - -

March - - 27,358.16 8 72,135.00 3

April 16,414.00 9

May - - 38,336.71 5 - -

June - - 73,497.13 10 72,135.00 3

July - - 38,395.04 7

August 5874.00 14 5,623.17 1 24,045.00 1

September 96.00 1 39,068.04 10 - -

October - - 133,161.85 32 48,090.00 2

November - - 65,609.07 20 72,135.00 3

December 8317.00 13 128,928.49 19 48,090.00 2

Total 33,442.00 42 552,571.83 114 360,675.00 15

Vehicle Allocation

No. Make Registration

Number

1. Mitsubishi Pajero GN 408 Interim Minister – Mrs. B Ganilau

2. Hyundai Sonata Sedan GN 176 Permanent Secretary

3. Mitsubishi Pajero GN 337 OHS Training, Accreditation, Chemical and Hygiene

4. Mitsubishi Pajero, LWB GM 821 Labour Officer (Savusavu)

5. Daihatsu Rocky GM 516 Divisional Labour Officer (Northern)

6. Mitsubishi Pajero, LWB GM 418 Divisional Labour Officer (Northern)

7. Nissan Sunny GL 696 Divisional Labour Officer (Western – Lautoka)

8. Daihatsu Rocky GM 515 Divisional Labour Officer (Western – Lautoka)

9. Daihatsu Rocky GL 559 Labour Officer (Ba)

10. Daihatsu Rocky GM 514 Labour Officer (Ba) OHS

11. Mitsubishi Pajero GM 534 Labour Officer (Nadi)

12. Mitsubishi S/Wagon GM 827 Labour Officer (Nadi)

13. Daihatsu Rocky GL 558 Manager Workmen’s Compensation/NOHSAB

14. Mitsubishi Pajero GM 972 Manager Field Operation Service

15. Mitsubishi Pajero GM 513 Labour Officer (Sigatoka)

16. Nissan X-Trail GN 505 OHS Capital Projects

17. Mitsubishi S/Wagon GM 521 Divisional Labour Officer (Central/Eastern)

18. Mitsubishi Pajero GM 520 Divisional Labour Officer (Central/Eastern)

19. Nissan Navara T/Cabin GN 506 OHS Non Destructive Testing (NDT)

20. Toyota Prado LWB GN 171 Headquarters

WRITTEN – OFF VEHICLE

1. Isuzu Twin Cabin GM 995 OHS Training, Accreditation, Chemical and Hygiene

Industrial Association Registration Date

1. Makoi Market Vendors Association 02/03/07

2. Lami Minibus Association 02/03/07

3. Fiji Advertising Association 26/02/07

4. Western Minibus Express Association 20/02/07

5. Nurse Educators & Research Forum, Fiji 22/10/07

6. Ocean Society for Sexual Health and HIV Medicine

7. Professional Golfers Tour of Fiji

8. Fiji Assn of Fraud Examiners 05/06/07

9. Nadi Handicraft Market Vendors Assn 04/07/07

10. Western Council for Special Educators 16/07/07

11. Information Communication Technology Assn of Fiji 16/07/07

12. Kubuna, Burebasaga, Tovata Minibus Assn. 24/07/07


Appendix G – OHS Revenue Generated in 2007

Field Operation Service

Month Training & Promotion

Chemical & Hygiene

Capital Projects & IT

Risk Engineering

Western Northern Central/Eastern total

January - $770.00 $7,254.00 $12,581.50 $6,395.00 $6,764.50 $33,765.00

February $5,670.00 $1,210.00 $7,180.00 $18,315.50 $2,316.00 $9,331.00 $44,022.50

March $3,780.00 $2,530.00 $13,797.50 $28,887.50 $5,375.00 $31,385.00 $85,755.00

April $15,120.00 $1,760.00 $3,820.50 $24,293.00 $1,160.00 $28,686.50 $74,840.00

May $7,560.00 $3,850.00 $8,061.50 $35,327.00 $4,473.00 $60,376.00 $119,647.50

June $7,560.00 $2,200.00 $12,121.00 $19,261.50 $3,045.00 $27,949.50 $72,137.00

July $ 9,450.00 $3,080.00 $11,421.00 $10,450.50 $3,366.50 $19,992.00 $57,760.00

August $1,890.00 $2,860.00 $8,931.00 $5,585.50 $12,471.00 $9,824.50 $41,562.00

September $3,780.00 $1,870.00 $7,645.00 $4,688.50 $1,485.00 $9,877.00 $29,345.50

October $ 5,670.00 $3,850.00 $6,790.00 $6,337.00 $2,108.00 $8,445.00 $33,200.00

November $13,230.00 $2,310.00 $8,112.00 $7,289.00 $2,050.00 $9,339.00 $42,330.00

December - $1,320.00 $2,330.50 $7,868.50 $2,450.00 $10,318.50 $24,287.50

TOTAL $73,710.00 $21,540.00 $27,610.00 $97,464.00 $180,885.00 $46,694.50 $232,288.50 $658,652.00

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