Fiji
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2018
- Is the NEP under revision?
- Yes
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- ILO
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Ministry for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations.Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- -
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- Yes
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- -
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The initial focus of the National Employment Policy 2018 is on improving employment opportunities for young men and women of Fiji.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- Policy Priorities :
Policy Priority 1: Create more opportunities for young people aged 15 to 24 years to follow clear pathways from education to productive employment.
Policy Priority 2: Promote private investment to create jobs.
Policy Priority 3: Boost action on Just Transition of the workforce, creation of decent work and quality jobs in the context of climate change by identifying and promoting green jobs and new green skill sets.
Policy Priority 4: Promote self-employment in the formal economy.
Policy Priority 5: Promote access to overseas employment opportunities.
Policy Priority 6: Create more income generating opportunities for those reliant on subsistence activities for their livelihood.
Policy Priority 7: Promote greater gender equality in employment and working conditions.
Policy Priority 8: Make it easier for disabled persons and the elderly to earn an income.
Policy Priority 9: Eliminate child labour and social injustice in workplaces.
Policy Priority 10: Strengthen good faith employment relations and promote safe and productivity-driven workplaces.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Additional information:
Better enforcement of the 2 percent employment quota of physically disabled persons in workplaces with 50 or more workers under the Employment Relations Act. Encouraging Government Ministries to take on 5 physically disabled persons, given all the training opportunities that are being provided by the Government and that quite a percentage of people with disabilities are ready for employment.Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- -
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- No
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- Yes
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- Yes
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
- Proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex. - Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities. - Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training. - Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities. - Proportion and number of children aged 5-17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age. - Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status. - Increase in national compliance of labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status. - Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person.Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- -
- Older persons
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: child workers.