Employers in Fiji are required to give notice to terminate an employee in writing, in the absence of a specific agreement, as follows:
Employees can be summarily dismissed for lawful reasons without notice.
In Fiji, the following types of work permits are issued for foreign nationals to work in the country:
All employees are entitled to paid annual leave of 10 days after a year of employment. Wages for annual leave must be paid in advance. Employees are not entitled to annual leave if they are absent for more than 20 days in a year, except where the absence is due to sickness certified by a medical practitioner.
Annual leave can be taken all at once or can be broken in 2 or more periods, 1 of which must be a continuous period of 1 week. Employees can also be paid in lieu of their annual leave with the consent of their employer. Annual leave can also be deferred and accumulated for a period of 4 years, provided that at least 1 week's leave is taken in each year.
Employees whose contract is terminated before utilizing their annual leave must be paid a sum of five-sixths of a day's wage for each completed month of the relevant period.
The standard hours of work must not exceed 48 hours per week for those working 6 days a week or 45 hours per week for those working 5 days a week. This condition does not apply to employees in managerial or executive positions.
Children under 18 cannot be employed for more than 8 hours in a day and be given at least 30 minutes paid rest for every continuous 4 hours worked. They cannot be employed during school hours.
Female employees in Fiji are entitled to 98 consecutive days paid maternity leave. For first 3 births, the leave is paid at 100% of the employee's remuneration. For the fourth and subsequent births, the leave is paid at 50% of the remuneration.
Maternity leave can start at any time before or after delivery, provided the employee informs her employer of her leave dates and provides a medical certificate. Employees must be employed for at least 150 days during the 9 months before the birth of the child to be eligible for paid maternity leave.
After maternity leave, employees must be appointed to the same or equivalent position held earlier. No employee must be terminated from employment on the ground of pregnancy. If, after 3 months from the expiration of her maternity leave, a woman remains absent from work, her employer can give her notice of termination.
All employees have the right to minimum wages in Fiji. Minimum wages are determined by a wage regulation order proposed by the wages council submitted to the Minister of Employment, Productivity, and Industrial Relations. The current national minimum wage is FJD 5 (Fijian dollars) per hour effective from April 1, 2025. Industry-level minimum wages, determined by the classes of employees, can be found in the references section.
Salary must be paid at least monthly with no more than 26 installments per year.
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