The Ministry of Labour has received 36 reports of non-compliance to the new minimum wage figure of $20.50.
The ministry, according to a GML report, said since the increase it received 17 reports from those in the retail sector, nine from the restaurants and fast foods sector, four in the service sector, two in private security, two complaints about tyre shop(s), one domestic work and one home for the aged.
“Since the beginning of 2024, the Labour Inspectorate Unit of the Ministry of Labour has, as at 12th January 2024, received 53 telephone enquiries, 18 visitors to its offices, 36 complaints and 27 email enquiries seeking information and advice about the increase in the minimum wage,” the ministry said.
It stated that for the first 12 days of December 2019, when the last increase happened, two people were also fired. It added that the labour inspectors will have to investigate and confirm whether the two terminations were related to the increase in the minimum wage.