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Final <strong>Report</strong>
RoO Derogation under the PACP-IEPA
Table 4.8 Overview of Working Conditions in PNG Tuna Processing Facilities – September, 2011
Labour Conditions National Legislation Canneries’ Implementation
Contractual age Minimum age - 16 years or over Minimum age - 18 years or over
Minimum Wage
Statement of wages
Maximum daily
hours
Rest periods
Overtime
Minimum wage offered to employees must
not be less than the registered award.
Employer will provide a written statement
with particulars for a wage period including
gross ordinary wages earned; overtime pay;
any extra payments; amount and reason for
deductions; net wages due; date of pay
period.
• Work no more than 12 hours in any one
day.
• Provisions for exceeding maximum hours
in certain circumstances – includes inter
alia to avoid the deterioration/loss of
materials which, by reason of their nature
or of exceptional circumstances, it has not
been possible to complete within the
maximum hours; work required to coordinate
the work of two successive shifts.
• One meal break or rest periods totalling no
less than 50 minutes per 8 hour shift.
• Non shift-work: rest period of not less than
24 consecutive hours in a week (Mon-Sun);
shift work - not less than 24 consecutive
hours and total not less than 96 hours in
every 28 day period.
Overtime defined as:
all time worked in excess of 8 hours
(Monday to Friday); ii) all time worked
after 12 noon on Saturdays; iii) all time
worked on a Sunday or public holiday; iv)
all time worked in excess of 44 hours in
any seven day period.
Overtime pay rates:
1.5 x hourly rate – Mon-Fri; Saturdays
before 12 noon; ii) 2 x hourly rate –
Sundays; public holidays; iii) 1.5 x hourly
rate – any other times.
• Minimum wage set at K 2.29/hr,
effective 21 January, 2010. Entry-level
for unskilled workers at K2.29/hr
• Salary scales in place according to job
classification and job grade levels.
• Employees provided with fortnightly
payslip (electronically generated),
containing the required information.
• Some workers interviewed encounter
difficulties understanding information
included in payslips.
• Cannery shifts are 8 hours (plus 1
hour lunch break); see below re:
overtime.
• Given the nature of processing,
canneries may evoke provisions for
exceeding maximum hours (i.e.
processing highly deteriorative raw
materials which must be processed
on the day of thawing; 2 out of 3
canneries operate 2 shifts per day
over 24 hours – coordination
required between shift changes).
• Lunch break – 1 hour.
• Toilet breaks during shift - 10
minutes. To avoid abuse of toilet
breaks, if worker returns to shift after
15 minutes without good reason,
time is deducted from the workers’
pay.
• Rest periods in accordance with
Employment Act 1978.
• Overtime worked (up to 4 hours max;
but typically 1 – 3 hours).
• Overtime pay rates in accordance
with Employment Act 1978.
• Contrary to some workers indicating
that overtime is not paid, inspection
of payslips and company records
confirmed this is not the case (refer
to former point re: misunderstanding
of wage calculation on payslips).
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