(-) PSA at Odds over Pay Increases.

Cabinet had approved the Job Evaluation Report 2003 conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting awarding pay increases to the disciplined services and the general civil service but, according to Major Neumi Leweni, military personnel will forego their entitlement. However, the Public Service Association secretary general Rajeshwar Singh says the FPSA does not accept the report because the pay increases were not negotiated in accordance with the terms of reference the State had signed with the public sector unions six years ago."Only those above the SS02 level will receive a pay increase and that's about 500 civil servants. FPSA has also filed a trade dispute with the Ministry of Labour, citing constitutional breach to the collective bargaining agreement. FijiLive.