Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says he is not concerned about the comments made by Fiji Trades Union Congress National Secretary Felix Anthony but Anthony says Sayed-Khaiyum should clearly state the government’s plan for workers in this country instead of making arrogant comments.
Responding to Anthony’s comments about the Employment Relations Bill which has been passed in parliament, Sayed-Khaiyum says he is not following what people like Anthony are doing because they have disappeared in the last couple of months.
Sayed-Khaiyum says people who are making these types of comments are not saying anything constructive and it is the government which is carrying out constructive things.
Anthony claimed the pandemic is manmade and added that China is not located in heaven after parliament passed the Employment Relations Bill that allows employers to let go of their workers if they cannot provide work due to an act of God which includes COVID-19 – as the definition of an act of God in the passed bill now also includes a pandemic declared by the World Health Organisation.
Anthony says workers who have lost their jobs have ongoing financial commitments for housing, rent, motor vehicles, hire purchase, utility bills, and everyday food bills.
He says the Attorney General needs to tell people how they will help workers and their families face these realities.
He says the government has the responsibility to assist workers in such a crisis and it is about time the Government gets its act together because this crisis will not go away soon.
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