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What you should know ?
● Will the National Pay Council (NPC) be established this year or not?
It should be. The minister of Finance, Rama Sithanen, made a plea for its implementation this year in Parliament last Tuesday. It will be in charge of assessing the annual compensation rate. He insisted that it was not a way of abolishing the payment of that compensation and that workers should on the contrary be the winners with the new formula, as each sector will be able to negotiate a compensation that matches the workers? efforts and contribution to their company.
● What is the stand of the Mauritius Employers Federation (MEF) on this issue ? </B>
The MEF has kept insisting on its implementation. Its president, Mahesh Gopal, made it clear that he is not against the wage compensation. But he wants it to be based on companies? capacity to pay ? as planned by the NPC system. Instead of the grant of Rs 800 compensation requested by trade unions, he thinks this amount could be acquired through productivity bonus and other benefits. Economic context is not so easy for every company. This is why the MEF would like the NPC to be set up before the presentation of the budget.
● Are unions ready to negotiate ?
Unions have been against the NPC since it was announced. They want the inflation rate to be the sole factor to determine the amount and so refused to name the five unionists to represent them on the NPC. When the government said it would appoint them, they refused. Tomorrow?s rally of unionists in Beau-Bassin for May Day looks promising!
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