Pine Group workers receive pay increment backdated to January 2023

Good news for the staff of Fiji Pine Limited, Tropik Wood Industries Limited and Tropik Wood Products Limited who are hourly paid employees as they received a 5% wage increment back dated to 1st January 2023.

It applies to staff who have more than one year of work service within the Pine Group as at 7th April 2023.

Pine Group Chief Executive Officer, Vimlesh Kumar says the announcement was made following approval from their Board and says this is to recognize the hard work of all their hourly paid employees over the past one year and in recognition of the rising cost of living.

He also says the Company values its relationship with the Union and engaged with them in reaching this outcome.

Kumar adds those employees whose service is less than one year will get their increment effective from 7th April 2023.

He says in addition to this across the board wage review for hourly paid workers, their other employees, including weekly wage employees, have received increment and promotion in accordance to their Performance Management Framework System.

The CEO says the recognition is purely based on merit and work deliveries for the year 2022.