1. Loonwijzer Share, Compare, Insure Wages, and more Paulien Osse, director Wage Indicator Foundation, Amsterdam, 2011- October 14 - Maputo

2. Wage Indicator How it started: What should be my Salary? – Good question, nobody knows! Let's find out for myself, my cleaning lady, the nanny. Let's find out for everybody on the labour market. Not only the white male top end. 10 years ago: Dutch initiative - Non Profit – Board: University of Amsterdam + Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions + Monster.com Today: Worldwide platform covering more then 60 countries. Formal and informal economies, small and large. Weak and Strong Operations. Websites and offline format: 1)Wages and Benefits by Occupation – Minimum Wages – VIP Wages - 2) Labor Law – 3) Special attention for Women, Men, Youth, Elderly on the Labour market – 4) Career Advice - International Comparison Contribution to: Transparency - Awareness  Compliance  Social Peace and Justice Natural Parters: Academic World, Media, Social Partners, Governement - but above all individual Employees, Workers, MSME Future

3. Wage Indicator Mozambique: 50 respondents. 20 women. 40 have 2 x minimum wage. More men earn minimum. Information comes through print and meusalario, a bit TV, a bit more employers then trade unions. Zambia: 30 respondents. 17 women. 25 have 2x minimum wages. Information through Trade unions and Media and Mywage. (not from friends, or employers or colleagues) South Africa: 15 respondents. 12 women. 7 have 2 times minimum. Information through media/mywage. Follwed by family members). Increased awareness and compliance: MOZ – 40 out of 50 say YES. ZA – 11 out of 15 say Yes. ZM: 30 out of 30 say YES Increased awareness and higher minimumwage: MOZ 15 out of 50. ZA – 14 out 15 say YES. Zm: 30 out of 30 say yes. Increased awareness and strikes: MOZ 50 out of 50 say YES. Za 8 out of 15 say YES. ZM say 30 out 30 say YES Increased awareness and happyness: MOZ - 13 out of 50 say yes. ZA 11 out of 15 say yes. ZM 30 out of 30 say YES. Increased awareness and food riots: MOZ – 20 out of 50 say YES. ZA. 12 out of 15 say yes. ZM. Nonsense. Increased awareness and migration: MOZ 5 out of 50 say yes. ZA 7 out of 15 say yes. ZM – zero. LESSONS: Learned: 1.Information is needed 2.Information through Trade Unions and Employers is less then through media. Media MyWage, MeuSalario play crucial role. 3.Correlation between increased awareness and compliance is misplaced 4.People who earn more then twice the minimum still have lack of understanding what is minimum wage. Strategy: 1.Explanation what is the minimum wage and why is it needed 2.Focus on compliance more explicit 3.Separate focus on improving systems if needed. Future

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