WINDHOEK, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Namibian has made good progress in finding ways of implementing a reasonable minimum wage for its workers, an International Labour Organization (ILO) representative for Namibia and Zimbabwe said on Wednesday.
ILO representative Hoplang Phororo said wages are among the most important conditions of work and a major subject of collective bargaining.
"The ILO is committed to promoting policies on wages and incomes that ensure a just share of the fruits of progress to all and a minimum living wage for all employed in need of such protection."
Phororo added that Namibia needs to provide evidence-based policy advice on minimum wages, public sector pay, wage bargaining and gender pay gaps going forward.
He said the provision of the minimum wage is in line with the objectives of the Namibian government's Harambee Prosperity Plan, the NDP5 and the SDGs that seek to leave no-one behind.
"It is our hope that tripartite partners engage in this process to ensure a truly tripartite position is established in this bid to strengthen the social contract that ensures that everyone benefits from the fruits of socio-economic progress," Phororo said.
