30 Remuneration Orders promulgués

Le gouvernement a remis à jours les salaires dans divers secteurs à la suite du vote concernant le Workers Right Bill récemment voté au Parlement.

Cabinet has taken note that all core conditions of employment in the various sectors of activities have been harmonised and incorporated in the Workers’ Rights Act.

Cabinet has agreed to some 30 new Remuneration Regulations being promulgated to provide for specific conditions of employment in the various sectors of activities, including the provision of shift work and vacation leave. Cabinet has also agreed to additional Remuneration Regulations being made, namely:

(a) The Information and Communication Technologies and other Related Services Remuneration Regulations to provide for more flexibility in respect of hours of work and overtime in the Sector;

(b) The Workers’ Rights (Atypical Work) Regulations to replace the Employment Rights (Working from Home) Regulations and to provide rights and conditions of employment to all workers falling outside standard employment;

(c) The Workers’ Rights (Seed Capital) Regulations to provide for an amount to pay wages to workers in cases of insolvency, to cover unpaid contribution to the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund and to cater for partial payment of contribution to the Fund in respect of SMEs; and

(d) The Workers’ Rights (Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund) Regulations to provide for the contribution to be made to the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund.

Cabinet further agreed to the Workers’ Rights Act being proclaimed by the end of October 2019, except for section 126(7)(b) and to the provisions for the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund becoming effective as from 1 January 2020.