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The new Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MITESS), Margarida Talapa, held separate meetings in Maputo last Friday with the department’s social partners, including the Mozambique Workers Organisation, the Central Union (OTM-CS) and the Confederation of Free and Independent Trade Unions of Mozambique (CONSILMO).
Joaquim Siúta, spokesman for the event, explained that the main objective of the meetings was to introduce the new minister to MITESS’s social partners, and express an openness to the joint implementation of policy adoption proposals to be approved by the Labour Consultative Committee (CCT).
“Our feeling is that it was an opportune and productive meeting, as the first bases were laid for the work that will follow. Next, we will move on to discussing the minimum wage. So it is to partners who are going to work with MITESS that everything goes smoothly,” Siúta explained.
Asked about the new labour legislation, presented to the minister as one of the main concerns of union members, Siúta said that the country was continuing to reform the main national labour laws, following standards set by the International Labour Organisation.
“Minister Margarida Talapa took note of the concerns raised. There is already a team formed to work with the social partners, to identify possible issues that deserve further improvement, and deepening the debate so that the Labour Law will be revised and approved by the Assembly of the Republic this year,” he said.
Concerns presented to Minister Talapa during the meetings include military tension in the centre and north of the country, the current economic and socio-labour situation, labour legislation, social dialogue, and the negotiations that take place in the first quarter of each year culminating in the readjustment of sectoral minimum wages.
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