The Mozambican government approved on Tuesday, April 30, minimum wage adjustments in the country, with a rate ranging from 3% to 10.53%, announced the deputy minister of Labour and Social Security, Rolinho Manuel Farnela.
The readjustment, which will come into effect in April, covers eight sectors of activity and is the result of a proposal by the Labour Consultative Commission, Rolinho Manuel Farnela said after a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Maputo.
“The minimum points made public are not the desirable ones, but the possible ones, taking into account the current economic and social situation in our country,” said the deputy minister.
Among the sectors that saw an increase, the segment that includes fishing stands out, with the lowest values, which, after the 3.3 per cent increase, now stands at 4,941 meticals (72 euros).
Also noteworthy is the sector that includes agriculture, livestock, hunting and forestry, where wages were readjusted by 9.27 per cent to 6,338 meticals (93 euros).
There is also the industrial and semi-industrial segment, where the readjustment rate is 5 per cent, rising to 6,531 meticals (95 euros).
In the mining industry of large companies and microfinance, among those with the highest minimum wages, the readjustment rate was 8 per cent, rising to 14,183 meticals (208 euros), and 10.53 per cent, rising to 15,741 meticals (231 euros), respectively.
The last readjustment of the minimum wage in Mozambique took place in April 2023.
Lusa
