Mozambique: Labour Inspectorate suspends 13 foreign workers

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Mozambique: Labour Inspectorate suspends 13 foreign workers

4:51 CAT | 27 Feb 2017

Folha de Maputo

The General Labour Inspectorate (IGT) has suspended, with immediate effect, 13 foreign citizens found to be working illegally for a number of Mozambican companies.

Thee action is the result of an inspection carried out by the IGT across 103 companies operating in the country, employing 1,627 workers, including 1,555 domestic workers and 72 foreign nationals.

In addition to the illegal employment of foreign workers, the campaign revealed 149 other violations of various labour standards, 15 of which deserved the issuing of notice (meaning they were sanctioned), while the rest were given written warning.

The audit helped to identify 94 companies and institutions who together owed the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) a total value of 3.2 million meticais (about US$43,000) already deducted directly from workers salaries for social purposes.

A statement from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MITESS) quoted by AIM notes that, of this number, it had so far proved possible to recover some 1.6 million meticais from 60 taxpayers.

Source: Folha de Maputo