Questions on HR Productivity on SMEs, Highlighted
Now, for micro small and medium enterprises, they’re already coping with payroll, overtime, FNPF, tax and VAT complaints, struggles and also for informal sectors, for example, volunteers, PSV drivers, industrial workers and other people Ravitesh Singh, Zens Medical chief executive officer.
Zens Medical chief executive officer, Ravitesh Singh, has questioned how human resources productivity could be reimagined for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Mr Singh posed this question during a panel discussion at the Human Resources Institute (FHI) convention at the Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa in Nadi last week.
“Eighty-four per cent of all enterprises come out of the MSMEs, and it contributes 21 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP),” Mr Singh said.
“Now, for micro small and medium enterprises, they’re already coping with payroll, overtime, FNPF, tax and VAT complaints, struggles and also for informal sectors, for example, volunteers, PSV drivers, industrial workers and other people. “How can we reimagine HR productivity for them with the knowledge gap, exposure limitations, flexibility limitations, and importantly, funding limitations, how do we reimagine productivity for them?” The InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa Human Resources Director Alvin Prasad said that in terms of resources, he understood the complete complexity of the issue.
“For a small or medium enterprise, I think they can still do flexibility in terms of how they set up their ways of working,” he said. “You mentioned very general small and medium enterprise so I’m not really sure what’s their background. Are they manufacturing or garment or what?
“So I think it will depend on what are they, what is their background, what their model is.”
He said the Fiji Human Resources Institute was a great platform for the availability of resources for MSMEs.
“Do they have access to FHI?” he asked.
“Do they have access to big Commerce and Employees Federation? I think there’s so much support out there for small and medium enterprises.”