Employers Awareness on the Employment Relations Promulgation (2007): Challenges for Contemporary and Future Employment Relations

Labour legislative reform is a recent phenomenon in the South Pacific Island countries and Fiji is not an exception to this phenomenon. Particularly to initiate such reforms there is essential need for cohesive cooperation of all the stakeholders so that new and reformed labour legislation is successfully implemented in organisations. The stakeholders will be able to contribute effectively only when they have in depth knowledge and understanding on newer legislation and the impact of such legislation on employment relations. In this context there is large gap in existing literature on awareness/knowledge of employers and managers on employment law and how this lack of knowledge affects the implementation of employment regulation in the South Pacific Island countries and more specifically in Fiji. This research seeks to fill this gap in the existing literature and provide knowledge and insight to scholars, practitioners, policy makers, aid donors to the Pacific Island countries and others who are interested in understanding the state of employment relations and employment law in the South Pacific Island countries and more precisely in Fiji.