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7/11/11 - Cabinet approves National Minimum Wage Survey

Nov 07|16:09 pm

Cabinet has agreed that a national minimum wage survey be conducted.

This survey is aimed at achieving Government’s commitment under the Peoples Charter for Change, Peace and Progress (PCCPP) to “introduce a national minimum wage and at the same time enhance productivity”, towards reducing poverty to a negligible level by 2015.

Cabinet based its decision on a submission by the Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment, Mr Filipe Bole.

The Minister said that the national minimum wage survey will be undertaken by the Labour Ministry.

“It will involve a nationwide survey and stakeholder consultations on the determination of national minimum wage and the relevant review mechanism will commence in the last quarter of this year to conclude for implementation in early 2012.”

“The survey will be aimed at obtaining critical information on the existing terms and conditions of employment, including wage levels in the various sectors of our economy for making informed determination on the appropriate level of minimum wage and the relevant review mechanism to be adopted.

“The determination of a national minimum wage will be based largely on the findings from the survey and will be the hourly rate below which all sectoral minimum wage rates must not be allowed to fall.”

The Minister said that following the survey and stakeholder workshops to hear other views, the Labour Ministry will recommend a finalised national minimum wage and its review mechanism to the Minister for Labour for Cabinet’s consideration through the Employment Relations Advisory Board (ERAB).