The Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Dialogue, Gilbert Bawara began this March 10, 2023 in Kara, a tour of exchanges on the understanding and the effective implementation of the revaluation of the minimum interprofessional wage park (SMIG) and the Guaranteed Minimum Agricultural Wage (SMAG) with trade union organizations of workers and professional organizations of employers.
First stage of a national tour, this meeting of Kara, concerned the economic actors of the small and average companies and industries, the tradesman and workers of the region of Kara and that of the Savannah.
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It is an information and educational initiative that will enable the government to ensure that all stakeholders, both employers and workers, have grasped and understood the meaning and scope of the SMIG, which has been revalued since 1is January 2023 from 35,000 to 52,500 FCFA.
These exchanges were primarily intended to clarify the actors involved on the understanding, meaning and exact scope of the revaluation of the SMIG adopted, which will allow both parties, employer and employee, to have the same understanding of the measure. . ” Secondly, it is a question of listening to and discussing with the economic players in the field to better understand the difficulties and possible concerns that could arise from the implementation of the minimum wage, which naturally applies essentially to companies, employers and workers subject to the work “Explained Gilbert Bawara, Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Dialogue. In turn, it is also ” ensure that the implementation of the SMIG does not generate perverse or undesirable effects. We do not want to see economic units close, activities ceased, that there are here and there difficulties in hiring or even maintaining workers because of the situation that companies may experience as a result of the revaluation of the SMIG “, he added.
For the minister in charge of the public service, the motivations for this tour come from the fact that they have found that there are sometimes interpretations, misunderstandings and misunderstandings as to the meaning, meaning and implications of the revaluation of the minimum wage.
The exchanges of this Kara meeting allowed both profit and non-profit companies to discuss the financial difficulties they have in the immediate application of the payment of 52,500 FCFA, already that they were unable to honor the 35,000 FCFA. ” That’s a 50% increase and it’s really heavy for us SMEs. The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has already applied this. We made our January declarations, which were rejected because we do not respect the new SMIG”, poses as worries Joseph Teou of the company Boyodi invest, an SME of Kéran. Tane Kangouline, secretary general of the Staff Union of Afagnan Hospital (SYNPHATO) for his part finds that this measure is still difficult to apply for them who are in the social field.
Alongside these exchanges which focused on the difficulties, the organizers also made it clear to the employees that it is not because the SMIG has been upgraded that the private sector index grid should be reviewed immediately.
Partner of this meeting, the employers’ organizations by the way Laurent Coami Tamegnon, president of the National council of employers of Togo welcomed the initiative and hopes here the end of the national tour to have solutions to the problems submitted to Minister Bawara.
It should be noted that this national tour is an initiative of the Ministry of Public Service, Labor and Social Dialogue in collaboration with trade unions and employers’ organisations. For the continuation of the tour, the second stage is scheduled for the next 14 in Atakpamé on behalf of the Central region and that of the plateaus, and the last will be in Lomé for the Maritime region.
