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Mozambique’s government, trade unions and employer organisations have reached an agreement on an increase in minimum salaries of between 6% and 18.7%, to take effect from this month if given the green light by the cabinet, it was reported on Thursday.
According to the AIM news agency, the agreement was reached on Tuesday in the Consultative Labour Comissão, a body that deals with employment matters on which the government, unions and employers are represented.
The increases are aimed at restoring purchasing power in the face of average inflation last year of 5.65%, according to figures from the National Statistics Institute.
In Mozambique, different minimum salaries are set for different economic sectors.
According to the AIM report, the smallest increase is to be in the salt sector, where the minimum monthly salary is to rise 6% to 5,018 meticais (€66.87), while the largest increase is to be in big mining companies, where the minimum is to go up 18.68% to 8,263 meticais.
The sector with the lowest minimum salary will in future be that of fishermen who catch karpenta, a freshwater fish also known as the Tanganyika sardine; theirs is to rise 7.5% to 4,063 meticais.
Last year agriculture, livestock, hunting and forestry was the sector with the lowest salary but it will now be second to lowest, at 4,150 meticais, thanks to the increase agreed of 13.93%.
The highest minimum salary is to remain that in financial services, banking and insurance, which is rising 14.4% to 11,987 meticais.
None of the increases agreed this week cover public employees; the government has yet to set minimums for these workers.
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