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Labour law to be revised this year – Govt

10:25 CAT | 08 Mar 2017

O País / Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Vitória Diogo in the centre

Mozambique’s labour law will be changed this year, a decade after it came into force, the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security announced yesterday in a press release.

The revision is intended to adapt regulations to the growing demands of the labour market, including the start of several new projects and a fall in economic activity.

The ministry statement does not specify the points that will be changed, but it is anticipated that these will be identified by the Consultative Committee on Labour, a body made up of employers, workers and the Government.

The process will take place in two parts, comprising a survey of the points that should be revised based on the country’s experience since the implementation of the current legislation, followed by the revision process itself. The Ministry of Labour intends to extend the discussion to other stakeholders, such as academics.

The law will not be replaced, Minister Vitória Diogo explains. The goal is to catch up, as the country has grown very quickly in the last ten years while labour legislation has remained unchanged.

“The country has made very significant progress in these last ten years, which has left some of these issues out of balance, not only in the social, economic, labour and legal fields,” the press release reads.

Diogo stresses “the importance of this revision, considering that this may mean creating the conditions for more investment, and with that the creation of more jobs in the country, because all reform, whether legal or otherwise, should have as its goal the creation of a good business environment and flexibility in the market”.

Source: O País