The Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has called on government to review its minimum wage policy which was last revised in 2006.
AVAP executive director Bonnie Tembo said the current minimum wage policy which stood at K268,000 was to too low as the cost of living kept going up in the country.
Mr. Tembo said AVAP had since suggested that the minimum wage be increased to about K500, 000 or above.
He added that there was also need for the Department of Labour to establish more Labour offices across the country as there were only 22 Labour offices which had to deal with Labour cases from all the 72 districts.
Mr. Tembo further said the Labour offices that were already in existence were not running
effectively because they lacked proper equipment such as vehicles.
Mr. Tembo was speaking at the minimum wage survey launch in Lusaka today.
He said AVAP had decided to partner with the labour movement as it had most of the
voters that needed to have their concerns addressed hence preventing voter apathy.
Mr. Tembo said AVAP would also embark on the sensitization of labour laws and
the minimum wage policy to the labour movement .
Meanwhile a survey conducted by AVAP has revealed that only about 38 per cent of the workers knew about the laws and policies pertaining to the Labour sector.
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IFWE ELO TWAYAYA MUKULALA MANJE.
Common man.
That is ok but what has that to do with voting? is avap a general player or a voice for votting practices and elections. I know in Zd you can register as an AIDS activist but voice more on football and Kalu please check and balance your core business otherwise a good contribution will end up being misdirected, such that when you come to talk about your core missions you will end up being side lined.
righteous way to go
I thought the minimum wage was revised to K419 000 early this year ba bonnie update your facts