Mozambique: Employers association criticises rules for hiring foreign workers

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Mozambique: Employers association criticises rules for hiring foreign workers

1:05 CAT | 26 Oct 2018

Agostinho Vuma. File photo: O País

The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique on Wednesday criticised the “harsh rules” that the government imposes on hiring foreign labour, saying that Mozambique should invest in the training of domestic labour and not in protectionist laws.

“The country has to be easy to reach, hire and invest in. At this stage of growth we have to have the principles and adopt the model of a business-friendly country in all respects,” President of the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) Agostinho Vuma says in a document distributed on Wednesday.

Speaking in Maputo during a presentation by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security on the proposed revision of the Labour Law, Vuma said that the government continued to “promote a sort of protectionism” of domestic labour by limiting the number of foreigners a company can hire.

“The tight control of the hiring of foreign labour does not correspond to current market conditions and stimulates corruption,” Vuma said.

The government should back training to ensure that more Mozambicans fill vacancies, a process which could be undertaken in coordination with private employment agencies, he added.

“The extension of the scope of private employment agencies to the possibility of intervening in the process of selection and recruitment and management of human resources could be one solution. Private employment agencies could invest in the professional training of people, as their product on the market,” Vuma concluded.

Source: Lusa