The Authorities of Grenada says that efficient January 1, 2024, it can start a way of compensation to employees each within the personal and public sectors that can see the top of disparity in wage based mostly on gender and on the identical time implement a minimal livable wage.
“As most of us will know we’ve got a disparity between female and male employees in sure sectors, notably the agriculture sector, and the advice is that it must be a factor of the previous as we transfer in direction of better equality amongst our employees,” stated Labour Minister Claudette Joseph as she spoke with reporters earlier this week.
In June 2022, the Nationwide Democratic Congress was elected to manage the affairs of the nation and inside three months it established a committee in accordance with Part 51 of the 1999 Employment Act to assessment minimal wages in each the private and non-private sectors.
The regulation mandates that there must be a assessment of labor that falls within the minimal wage schedule by the Wages Advisory Committee not less than as soon as each three years with a view to updating the minimal charge of wages.
The regulation, which covers 14 classes of employees, was final reviewed in 2011.
Joseph stated that the findings and proposals have been offered to the Cupboard and it was agreed that there must be a second and ultimate spherical of consultations earlier than the enforcement of the suggestions.
Among the many suggestions from the committee, which is chaired by Dr Curland Gilchrist, is a rise in wages for all classes.
“With the settlement of Cupboard, the committee has launched into a second spherical of session having made its suggestions to Cupboard with the intent that these suggestions will come into impact on January 1. A few of the highlights popping out of the ultimate report are deviations from the present minimal wage construction and features a advice to equalise the minimal wage throughout gender,” Joseph stated.
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