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Liberia: Labour Ministry enforces stright compliance to Labour regulation
Jan 25, 2010
by Michael Kpayili / Staff Writer
Labour Minister Tiawan S. Gongloe
The Ministry of Labour says it has discovered huge disparities in the salaries of Liberian and non-Liberian employees working with various business entities and industrial establishments in the country.
The Ministry said some employers are paying employees below the current minimum wage of Liberia which stands at US{body}.15 (fifteen cent) per hour for Agriculture workers and US{body}.25 (twenty-five cent) per hour for industrial workers, this means no employee must be paid less than USD 60.00 per month.
The Ministry, according to a release discovered these labour malpractices when the Minister of Labour, Tiawan Gongloe headed a team of Labour inspectors to inspect several business entities in Monrovia as part of the Ministry’s ongoing mass inspection.
It was also established that some employers have subjected their employees to all forms of ill treatment such as working extra time without overtime pay or benefit, working on holidays/weekly rest days, lack of employment records and work schedules.
At one instance during the inspection, Employees of the Exclusive Supermarket told the Labour Minister that they are working without employment letters for positions they currently occupy; a claim the management denied. The Minister has therefore requested the management of the Excusive Supermarket to present within 24 hours copies of the employment letters provided their employees.
Speaking to reporters at the Exclusive Supermarket on Center Street in Monrovia, Minister Gongloe said the Ministry of Labour under his leadership will not sit and allow employers to dehumanize the workforce of Liberia.
Labour Minister Tiawan S. Gongloe |
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