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1 MAP OF MALAWI Malawi has/d a Population of about 14 million + people, by
2 MALAWI LOCATION ON AFRICAN MAP 2
3 MALAWI LOCATION ON THE WORLD MAP The enclosed red map in a circle is Malawi 3
4 SOCIAL PROTECTION: THE STATE REGULATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP IN MALAWI- ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES Presented by Kalani G.F. Mbeye Malema, Labour Inspector & Researcher, Ministry of Labour Malawi Government. At V.V. Giri National Labour Institute Delhi, India, February, 2015
5 PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION (Purpose / Objectives of the paper) 2. STATE S REGULATORY ROLES IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 3. EMPLOYMENT RATES 4. ACHIEVEMENTS 5. CHALLENGES 6. END OF PRESENTATION
6 INTRODUCTION (Purpose/Objectives of the paper) Purpose: This paper explores some achievements and challenges that the State has experienced in the regulation of the employment relationship since independence in Specific objectives: 1. defines scope of social protection by the State within context of labour and employment relationship; 2. outlines the State s roles in regulating the workplace employment relationship; 3. highlights State s achievements with respect to its roles in social protection within labour and employment; 4. identifies challenges/draws recommendations to address some faced challenges by the State in its effort to effectively provide the required social protection.
7 What is Social Protection? Social Protection is defined by: the United Nations as a programme concerned with the preventing, managing, and overcoming situations that adversely affect people s well being. the OECD (2009) to mean broad range of policies and programs designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labour markets, diminishing people s exposure to risks, and enhancing their capacity to manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, exclusion, sickness, disability and old age. ILO (1999) to mean a series of interventions and actions which upon implementation can enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable people to escape from poverty and enable them to better manage risks and shocks.
8 Scope of Social Protection in Employment Relationship - Malawi Social protection and employment relationship in Malawi, concerns the way the State regulates the employment relationship in terms of labour policy formulation and legislation; enforcement / implementation with respect to: 1. workers compensation; 2. social insurance coverage such as pension securities or workers health insurance; 3. workers protection from the minimum employment labour standards including workers treatment based on worker s HIV & AIDs status; as well as 4. protection of industrial workers and employers in times of industrial disputes such as strikes or lockouts including workers protection from job losses and cuts.
9 State s regulatory roles in employment relationship Formulates legal framework and policies within which employers and employees interactions take place. Enforces the compliance with enacted labour laws by all employers and employees as two industrial relations most key players. This enforcement role in Malawi is mainly done by the Ministry through its core functions of labour inspections and labour disputes settlement. Provides labour disputes settlement services through conciliation, mediation and arbitration processes. Finally, the State/Government plays another equally important role as a Model employer.
10 EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS Total number of employed people (workforce) in Malawi is 5,871,797 which represents 86 % of the 6,827,671 total labour force (Durevall and Mussa, 2010). A total of about 442,000 working employees are in the formal public and private sectors and the rest 5,429,797 are employed in the informal sector of which 2,430, are rated as the working poor (the vulnerable employees). There are more employed women as compared to men; And most vulnerable employees working in the informal sector are the women. Those to be mostly targeted in the State s social protection programmes. 10
11 ACHIEVEMENTS (A1 to A6) 1. Malawi has ratified 27 ILO Conventions that contain social protective provisions for the protection of the parties to the employment relationship. Most of such provisions have been domesticated into our respective labour legislative Acts. 2. Malawi has enacted a total of 13 labour legislative Acts since 1964 more than 8 legislative Acts that were passed and used by the colonial government in Malawi before Malawi has since 1994 to date repealed and replaced all the oppressive provisions in the labour legislative Acts and made the 1994 Republican Constitution that also contains labour rights as part of an individual s human rights to be the supreme law of the land thereby guaranteering its employment relationship parties with more social protective measures. 4. Malawi has adopted 4 labour and employment related policies out of the 9 initiated policies. 5. Malawi has, from 1964 to date, progressively succeeded in the work of setting and/or regulating the statutory minimum wage rates; 6. Has put protectve measures of employees from HIV and AIDS associated
12 A1: 27 Ratified ILO Conventions by Malawi Government Name of Ratified Convention Ratification year Right of Association (Agriculture) 1965 Workmen s Compensation (Agriculture) 1965 Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) 1965 Minimum Wage - Fixing Machinery, Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture), Underground Work (Women) 1965 Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) 1965 Labour Inspection 1965 Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers), Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers), Night Work (Women) (Revised) 1965 Migration for Employment (Revised) 1965 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining 1965 Equal Remuneration 1965
13 A1: 27 Ratified ILO Conventions by Malawi Government Cont./ Name of Ratified Convention Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Ratification year 1965 Indigenous and Tribal Populations 1965 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) 1965 Recruiting of Indigenous Workers 1966 Labour Inspection (Agriculture) 1971 Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) 1986 Nursing Personnel, Termination of Employment 1986 Forced Labour 1999 Freedom of Association 1999 Abolition of Forced Labour 1999 Minimum Employment Age 1999 Labour Administration 1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999
14 A2: Labour Legislative Acts (Laws) enacted by Malawi Government Before independence to 1964 Effective After independence from 1964 Effective Year Year Employment of Women, Young Persons and 1939 Regulation of Minimum Wages and 1964 Children Act, Cap. 55:04 Conditions of Employment Act, Cap 55:01 Workmen s Compensation Act 1946 Employment Act, Cap. 55: Trade Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement) 1952 Factories Act, Cap. 55: Act, Cap 54:02 Factories Amendment Act, Cap. 55: Trade Unions Act, Cap 54: Workers Compensation Act, 21 of Public Service Act 1994 Labour Legislation (Miscellaneous 1961 Labour Relations Act 1996 Provisions) Act, Cap 56:01 African Emigration and Immigrant Workers 1961 Occupation Safety, Health and Welfare Act 1997 Act, Cap. 56:02 Apprenticeship Cap 55: Employment Act 2000 Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Amendment Act, Cap. 55: Workers Compensation Act, 7 of Employment (Amendment) Act 2010 Pension Act 2011 Employment (Prohibition of Hazardous Work for Children) Order Employment Act Subsidiary Legislation. 2012
15 A4: Employment Regulating Policies Formulated and Adopted by Malawi Government Employment Related Policies Status Adoption/Dr aft Year National Code of Conduct for Child Labour Adopted 2004 ILO Code of Practice on HIV and AIDS in the World of Work Adopted 2005 Labour Inspection and Enforcement Policy Draft 2008 Code of Conduct for Labour Inspectors Draft 2008 National Labour and Employment Policy Draft 2010 National Workplace HIV and AIDS (HIV and AIDS Draft 2010 Workplace) Policy National Action Plan for Child Labour Adopted 2010 National Child Labour Policy Draft 2010 Malawi Decent Work Country Programme (M-DWCP ) Adopted 2011
16 A5: Progressive Government Minimum Wage Rates in Mk per work day (Mk551 equals Rs 79 at current exchange rate of Mk7 = R1) Location Cities Municipalities Districts Average
17 A6: Protection of employees from HIV and AIDS associated vulnerabilities Malawi has registered a remarkable success following the State s adoption of the ILO Code of Practice on HIV and AIDS in the World of Work in 2005 that has since guided many workplace establishments i.e. Companies and Organisations (both public and private) to develop and adopt their own specific HIV and AIDS workplace policies. EG Government adopted and implements Public Service HIV & AIDS Workplace policy for its civil/public service employees; Private sector: 38 % of the 152 formal private sector companies randomly selected and studied in Malawi have developed and adopted formal HIV/AIDS workplace policies; 9 % of the companies have drafted their formal HIV/AIDS specific workplace policies; 8 % of the companies have informal policies on HIV/AIDS (Bakuwa, 2009).
18 CHALLENGES (C1 to C4) 1. Absence of adequate labour legislative law for the adequate coverage of the most informal sector employees within the tenancy employment system 2. The State has no specific legal framework to regulate or support the State s adopted and/or drafted HIV and AIDS workplace policies. 3. Absence of adequate labour and employment regulating policies such as the Labour Inspection and Enforcement policy, the National Labour and Employment policy among others (Malawi s policy adoption rate is 44 % of the total initiated policy instruments) 4. Ineffective regulation (ie ineffective enforcement through labour inspections) of HIV and AIDS workplace issues in the informal employment sector and/or Inadequate protection for the most vulnerable employees in the
19 CHALLENGES Cont./ (C5 to C8) 5. Low wage payments and Non-compliance with Statutory Minimum wage rate as parts of the Cyclical challenge model (Low wages Non decent work Non socially protected employees Vulnerable employees Not productive employees Low wages). 6. Inadequate State capacity ie MoL s underperformance in the core function of labour inspections leaving most of the informal sector vulnerable employees unprotected. 7. Malawi s failure in the work of supporting the operations of the trade unions by taking advantage of the already existing conducive legal framework guiding the activities of trade unions. 8. State s non commitment to act as a First Mover in its role as Model Employer when it comes to compliance issues with respect to the State enacted labour laws. This has left many employees vulnerable with regard to low wages/low incomes as social security issue. Overall, at 50 years of independence, most vulnerable Malawian parties to the employment relationships are still not fully socially protected due to the general Non-compliance with the country minimum labour/employment standards.
20 Some Policy Recommendations - proposed CHALLENGE (S) RECOMMENDATION (S) Absence of adequate labour legislative law for the adequate coverage of the most informal sector employees within the tenancy employment system The State has no specific legal framework to regulate or support the State s adopted and/or drafted HIV and AIDS workplace policies. Malawi Law commission is still in the process to legislate the HIV/AIDs workplace legislation for Malawi. Absence of adequate labour and employment regulating policies such as the Labour Inspection and Enforcement policy, the National Labour and Employment policy among others Finalise consultations and passing of the long outstanding tenancy labour bill into law to provide for adequate legal coverage for the tenancy employment parties within the Agriculture industry in the informal sector Malawi Law commission should expedite consultations and finalise the process to legislate the HIV/AIDs workplace legislation for Malawi. Need for the State proactiveness in the formulation and adoption of labour/employment relevant policies for the proper guidance with respect to the implementation of labour administration services in the country. Immediately, the State (MoL) should finaliseand adopt the Ministry s pending drafted policies
21 Policy Recommendations proposed/cont. CHALLENGE (S) Low Wage payments and Non-Compliance with Statutory Minimum wage rate as parts of the Cyclical challenge model (Low wages Non decent work Non socially protected employees Vulnerable employees Not productive employees Low wages) RECOMMENDATION (S) Adoption of the Living wage rate or the Sectoral minimum wage rate approaches - as parts of the Cyclical response model (State commitment - through prioritisation process) Adequate resource provision to target Skills development for high labour productivity, deliberate inspection policy to prioritise the informal sector inspections, implementation of Living wage / Sectoral minimum wage rate thus Achieved decent work with employees motivation effects hence Dedicated work for high labour productivity that may mean Economic growth for sustained high wage levels, good taxes for the State hence State s commitments and good finances to the sector process) Adequate financing for the implementation of the M-DWCP,
22 Policy Recommendations proposed/ Cont. CHALLENGE (S) Ineffective regulation (ie ineffective enforcement through labour inspections) of HIV and AIDS workplace issues in the informal employment sector. Inadequate protection for the most vulnerable employees in the informal employment the Domestic workers Lack of adequate and sustained workers compensation funds and Delays to implement the mandatory Contributory Pension Scheme for the Government Main Civil Service employees RECOMMENDATION (S) Need for enhanced/increased enforcement through labour inspections with focus on HIV and AIDS workplace issues. Need to put in place special call centres controlled by district labour officers in all districts across the country where all domestic workers should be required or empowered and encouraged to register their particulars for being working as household domestic workers. Amending the relevant provisions of the employment Act to support such operations of the proposal. Establish the National Workers Compensation Fund (NWCF) and the Workers Compensation Trustee Board (WCTB) and implement the Pension Act, of 2011 in full as required.
23 Policy Recommendations proposed/ Cont. CHALLENGE (S) Inadequate State capacity ie MoL s underperformance in the core function of labour inspections leaving most of the informal sector vulnerable employees unprotected. Thus Malawi has done very little on empowering and informing most of the vulnerable employees in the informal employment sector across the country regarding their freedom of their rights while at work. Malawi s failure in the work of supporting the operations of the trade unions by taking advantage of the already existing conducive legal framework guiding the activities of trade unions. RECOMMENDATION (S) Deliberate Labour inspection policy to regulate the informal employment sector; Increase finances for the country labour administration services; Implement by filling the existing vacant labour officers posts in the Ministry and Recruit and train at least 90 more other labour inspectors to make total number of at least 147 country inspectors from the current 57 in order to improve the delivery of labour inspectorate services. Consider the extension of labour inspection mandate to other institutions including the private sector companies/firms or CSOs to be licensed to undertake the work of labour inspection. Eg MHRC, accredited NGOs, Trade Unions, ECAM, Malawi Association Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA). Government should consider introducing special funding for the operations of registered trade unions and to regulate the capacity building for trade union officials.
24 Policy Recommendations proposed/cont. CHALLENGE (S) State s non commitment to act as a First Mover in its role as Model Employer when it comes to compliance issues with respect to the State enacted labour laws. This has left many employees vulnerable with regard to low wages/low incomes as social security issue. Overall, at 50 years of independence, most vulnerable Malawian parties to the employment relationships are still not fully socially protected due to the general Non-compliance with the country minimum labour/employment standards. RECOMMENDATION (S) Government must address its compliance shortfalls regarding the civil service pension and the underpayment of minimum wages, among others. Otherwise its failure would mean acting as a bad example, in its capacity as a model employer, to some employers from the private sector. Increase finances for the country labour administration services; Implement by filling the existing vacant labour officers posts in the Ministry and Recruit and train at least 90 more other labour inspectors to make total number of at least 147 country inspectors from the current 57 in order to improve the delivery of labour inspectorate services. Consider the extension of labour inspection mandate to other institutions including the private sector companies/firms or CSOs to be licensed to undertake the work of labour inspection. Eg MHRC, accredited NGOs, Trade Unions, ECAM, Malawi Association Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA).
25 END OF PRESENTATION Thank you Or Zikomo Kwambiri (In chichewa national language for Malawi) 25
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