Bala calls on businesses to re-think how they are doing business

Minister for Employment, Praveen Bala is calling on employers and corporate organisations to start thinking of ways and means of continuing or re-configuring their operations.

While delivering his ministerial statement, Bala says as the COVID-19 pandemic continues and current medical projections do not give them a concrete timeline, people need to continue to re-think how they are doing business and create lines of employment that work within the health realities and guidelines currently in place.

Bala adds that they have continued to negotiate where workers were affected to re-instate hourly rate on the minimum wage based on different sectors and for some redundant workers to be supplied with groceries for a period of time.

He says in addition, the government has given assistance through FNPF and other top-ups and financial support for micro and medium enterprises.

While responding to Bala’s statement, National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says there is a great need for the establishment of a Workers Solidarity Fund as he thinks the situation will worsen in the next six months.