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Mozambique: Foreign Workers in Maputo Mosques Suspended
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Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
21 July 2008
Posted to the web 21 July 2008
Maputo
The Mozambican government's General Inspectorate of Labour has suspended eight workers of Indian nationality found to be working illegally in Maputo mosques, according to a Monday press release from the Labour Ministry.
The Indians were recruited by the Moslem Association of Mozambique, which employs 15 workers in Maputo, only seven of whom are Mozambican citizens. Under the current labour law a quota system is in place for hiring foreign workers. A small company or organisation (up to 10 workers) can recruit 10 per cent of its work force (i.e. one worker) from abroad. The quota is eight per cent for medium sized companies (between 10 and 100 workers), and five per cent for large companies (over 100 workers).
For this amount of foreign labour, companies do not need to seek authorization from the Labour Ministry, but simply notify it. But if they want to recruit more than the quota, then authorization is required, and an explanation for why the workers required cannot be recruited in Mozambique.
Eight per cent of 15 is 1.2, and so the Moslem Association's quota for foreign workers was just one.
The Labour Inspectors found that the Association was committing several other violations of the Labour Law. It failed to grant its workers holidays, did not post on its premises the obligatory list of workers, and did not provide any protective equipment.
Perhaps the most serious breach was that it forced mosque security staff to work 14 hour shifts without a break. Security guards would start work at 17.30, and their shift only ended at 07.30 the following morning.
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