After almost a decade of no increases and a lengthy consultation period, the Minimum Wages Board has declared a landmark increase in Papua New Guinea’s minimum wage. Charlotte Armstrong reports.
Minimum Wages Board
People moves: ANZ, Australian High Commission Papua New Guinea, Remington Group, Minimum Wages Board
New Head of Transaction Banking and Head of Business Execution, new First Secretary for Infrastructure at Aussie High Comm, new COO at Remington Group and new appointments to the Minimum Wages Board.
The minimum wage in PNG will rise to K3.50 an hour from 1 July, from the current rate of K3.36.
The Papua New Guinea Government has endorsed an increase in the country’s minimum wage of 91 toea to K3.20 per hour.