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Mozambique: Government creates commission to resolve TSU complaints – Watch

3:45 CAT | 03 Nov 2022

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The Mozambican government has created a commission, which will sit for one year, to resolve complaints from civil servants disadvantaged by the new salary scale.

“The commission has a term of office of one year” during which it “has a period of 15 days to resolve potential complaints which are sent to it”, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Amílcar Tivane announced on Wednesday.

Deputy Minister Tivane was speaking at a press conference following threats of strikes by doctors and teachers in the face of errors detected in the implementation of the new civil service Single Salary Table (TSU).

Support for all sectors

The commission “is responsible for ensuring the collection, treatment and clarification of issues related to complaints of all kinds and from all sectors of activity”, and is to have representations in all provinces.

The objective is to avoid cases of employees who saw their salaries reduced with the implementation of the new remuneration matrix, cases in which the legislation provides for a compensation subsidy.

Regarding the strike threats made by doctors and teachers, Tivane stressed that the government would maintain dialogue with all professional classes to ensure the successful implementation of the TSU, warning of the negative consequences of stoppages in public services.

READ: Doctors threaten to paralyse all activities if the government tries to make the strike unfeasible

“TSU implementation must not be accompanied by disruptions in the functioning of the state, because the repercussions will be critical,” Tivane stressed.

Regarding the protest by employees of the Ministry of Economy and Finance outside their premises on Wednesday (02-11) morning, Amílcar Tivane said that the dispute was resolved after a meeting with workers’ representatives.

READ: Mozambique: Finance Ministry officials protest against errors in single salary table

Some finance workers complained of a “marginally small” increase in salary, at a time when there were expectations of a larger increase.

“TSU’s philosophy is to ensure that all allowances are integrated into the base salary,” he said. Those employees who earned a “significantly higher-than-average salary will not lose their entitlements with the TSU, but the level of increase will be marginally small”.

Watch the Miramar report.

Source: Deutsche Wellle / Miramar