RIDHIWANI Kikwete, the Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disabilities state minister in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) made this affirmation over the weekend when inaugurating a business complex for the Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA) in Arusha.
Comprehensive consultations have already been
conducted with major stakeholders, including employers’ organisations, policy
regulators and government departments, with a final meeting slated to set
proposed wage levels before such amendments are signed, as early as next month.
"I want to assure workers that President Samia
Suluhu Hassan highly values your welfare," he stated, underlining that the
government is committed to improving labour laws to meet essential needs of the
workforce.
In his remarks, the minister highlighted the
government's commitment in collaborating with employers to implement strategies
for job creation, protect workers' rights and enhance conflict resolution
mechanisms through dialogue.
If approved, the new guidelines would be a significant
step in the policy dialogue on how to ensure fair compensation and better
working conditions for employees in the private sector.
Reviews of the matter in online entries say little on
private sector minimum wages, illustrating that the notion is more applicable
for the public sector.
One entry says that the International Labour
Organization (ILO) plays a significant role in setting and promoting minimum
wages globally, without directly setting minimum wages by providing guidance
and standards for member states to establish their own systems.
“The core ILO instrument in this area is the Minimum
Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131), which emphasizes the need to cover all
wage earners and considers both the needs of workers and their families, as
well as economic factors,’ the entry indicates.
In establishing minimum wage systems covering all wage
earners, the convention allows for certain exclusions, such as agricultural or
domestic workers, but emphasizes keeping these exclusions to a minimum, it
further asserts.
Minimum wages can be set through various methods,
including statute, decisions by competent authorities or by giving legal effect
to collective agreements, by taking into account the general wage level, cost
of living, social security benefits and living standards of other social
groups, it adds.
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