Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says unresolved worker compensation matters remain under active consideration.

He warned that remote island communities, once largely insulated from such crimes, were now increasingly vulnerable.

Mr Biukitukuna told commissioners that in earlier decades, Sundays were widely respected as a day of worship, rest and family time, with business activity, sports and public work largely paused in many communities.

Ms Whippy recalled how her son was taken straight to the Paediatric Oncology Unit after delivery while she remained in the postnatal ward.

The driver was rushed to Sigatoka Hospital, where medical officials confirmed his death.

FCEF chief executive officer Edward Bernard said while the organisation supported decent work and fair wages, the Fiji Trades Union Congress proposal for a new wage system came at a difficult economic time.