Employers are protesting against the government set new minimum wage which now stands at K50 000. However, the Ministry of Labour says it has not received complaints from employers relating to the enforcement of the new minimum wage. Some employers claim to have written the government to consider reviewing it. Among them is the Employers […]
Government through Ministry of Labour has finally hiked per day statutory minimum wage for workers after a long fight with Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) and Employers Consultative Association of Malawi (Ecam). Secretary for Labour, James Kalilangwe, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said the statutory minimum wage has been increased from K317 per […]
Business in Limbe, a major shopping centre in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre was on Monday grounded to a halt following a sit-in strike by shop workers who were demanding higher monthly wages from their employers mostly Asians and Chinese. The workers told Nyasa Times that the industrial action was the only option remaining to force their employers to take […]
Domestic workers should now smile as government has stipulated that their daily rate of payment should no longer be K178.25 but K317. The District Labour Officer for Blantyre, Frank Adini disclosed that the law on the new daily pay has already been gazetted. “With effect from July 1, 2012, the minimum wage is K317 per […]