Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves on the minimum wage compliance

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A majority of Employers have complied with the increase of the minimum wage, since it came into effect on March 1st.

So says Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves who was discussing a range of issues on NBC Radio yesterday.

The Prime Minister is urging employers who have not yet complied with the changes to do so.

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The Prime minister had announced that effective March 1st, no full-time worker in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will receive a salary of less than 50 dollars a day.

This will ensure that workers make at least one thousand EC dollars a month.