Labour minister reports creation of 341,000 new jobs

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Labour minister reports creation of 341,000 new jobs

8:18 CAT | 14 Jul 2016

File photo / Vitória Dias Diogo, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security

Mozambique’s Labour Minister Vitoria Diogo on Wednesday revealed that 341,000 jobs were created between January 2015 and the end of the first quarter of this year.

Speaking at her ministry’s Coordinating Council, Diogo added that this is the result of various actions to promote investment in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Diogo recalled that the government’s five-year programme for 2015-2019 sets a target of creating 1.5 million new jobs.

Diogo stated that in the first quarter of the year her ministry had inspected the contracts of 17 foreign workers, of which 15 were found to contain various irregularities.

The minister lamented, “there are labour inspectors involved with this issue and disciplinary and legal proceedings are underway. We are going to do everything to purify our ranks”.

Diogo reported that in the first quarter of this year the General Inspectorate of Labour (IGT) inspected 1,753 workplaces, which employ a total of 29,879 workers, to promote compliance with labour rules that contribute to peace and social stability.

She added, “the promotion of the principles of transparency and integrity is a priority in the context of improving public administration”.

The minister stated that since 2015 computerization has been introduced to speed up the process of employing skilled foreign workers.

Foreigners can only work in Mozambique where there is a shortage of Mozambicans capable of doing the job. Thus, data from the Labour Ministry shows that in 2015 labour inspectors found that 1,182 foreigners were being employed illegally, and they were suspended from their posts.

The Coordinating Council is meeting in Maputo until Friday under the theme “for the promotion of peace, work and social stability”. Attending the event are staff from the ministry along with colleagues from the Ministries of Transport, Economy and Finance, Industry and Trade, along with provincial directors and delegates from the National Social Security Institute (INSS).

Source: AIM