19 workers of Fiji Rice Limited have received a pay rise of 5%.
Minister for Economy and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum made the announcement at the Fiji Rice Limited Labasa office this afternoon.
These workers had received a pay rise of 10 percent in 2014.
Sayed-Khaiyum says this pay increase will bring in other tangible benefits adding the idea is to pay people at market rates.
He says the government wants to see that all employees get the right pay.
Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji Rice Limited is growing fast and the government is assisting with money to make it more productive.
