MINISTER of Labour and Social Security Brenda Tambatamba says the law allows employers to structure conditions of service for their workers based on what they can afford to pay them. Recently, government announced an increase in the minimum wage for domestic workers which now stands at K1,300. Speaking when she featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Tambatamba said a salary could be configured based on an hourly, weekly or monthly basis so that employers could have their workers coming in only for the hours or days which they can afford to pay for. “The employer also has been given space, there’s an enabling environment which is based in the same law, the employment code of 2019 provides for an employer configuring...

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