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Gov’t moves to introduce national minimum wage

Jan 24, 2013 News

 

The government yesterday announced that it is proceeding with a plan to institute a national minimum wage for all workers.
The introduction of a national minimum wage for all workers could put an end to underpayment across all sectors and lessen complaints of exploitation by employers. Apart from the established minimum wage of $35,000 for public sector workers, the government, through the Ministry of Labour, would periodically dictate what the minimum wage for certain categories of workers in the private sector should be, but now, everyone would be covered.
“This initiative is an improvement; it is the ultimate improvement that binds employers across the scale to subscribe to a minimum wage. No employee would earn less than, no employee, not just sectors but no employee,” Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon stated.
The decision to establish a national minimum wage followed discussions between the government, workers’ unions  and  the private sector.
Following those discussions, Minister of Labour Dr Nanda Gopaul, on Tuesday, sought the approval of the Cabinet to establish a national minimum wage.
“Cabinet was firmly in support of the group’s initiative and invited the Minister to compile a comprehensive list of interventions necessary to give effect to the government’s intentions,” Luncheon stated.
A high level team of Government Ministers has been tasked with rolling out the initiative, including holding consultations so that all parties would buy into the initiative.
No deadline has been set for the date the new regime would be put in place.

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