Mozambique: “No civil servant will have a lower salary”

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Mozambique: “No civil servant will have a lower salary”

2:12 CAT | 11 Nov 2022

Photo: Domingo

Minister of Economy and Finance Max Tonela told parliament on Wednesday that no official or agent of the state had had or would have their salary reduced by the implementation of the Single Salary Table (TSU).

Tonela explained that there had in fact been an increase for state employees or agents whose function had salaries below those set out in the TSU, and salaries were guaranteed to be irreducible.

However, “we saw that before the implementation of the TSU, the remuneration of a considerable group of civil servants and state agents was composed mostly of subsidies which were not taken into account for retirement pension calculations, which left these workers exposed to a drastic reduction in the quality of life on the date of the retirement”.

The implementation of the TSU, according to Tonela, sought to solve this problem and value the professions. This “can be seen in the evolution of the base salaries of all professional groups”.

However, he acknowledged that, “in this first month, in view of the increase in the amount of the base salary resulting from the reform, taking into account the combined effect of the existence of a progressive tax regime and the deductions for retirement, there were some situations of reduction in [net] salary, especially in the special regime careers like doctors, magistrates and researchers, among others”.

“This constitutes one of the main complaints presented by some professional groups. All cases have been identified and processes are currently underway aiming at the payment of the differences due, and other specific situations are being resolved,” the minister concluded.

Source: Domingo