The Labour Principal Secretary, Shadrack Mwadime, has issued a warning to employers who are paying their employees less than what is stipulated by the law. Speaking during an interview with Bahari FM on Tuesday, April 15, the PS said that any employer caught contravening the minimum wage law will face legal repercussions.
According to Mwadime, the ministry will collaborate with the Director of Public Prosecution(DPP), who has the responsibility of punishing employers who defy the minimum wage law, to ensure that these employers are held accountable. "I had a meeting with the DPP three months ago, and we talked about these things.
The current DPP has been in prosecution for a very long time, so after discussing it was very easy for us to come up with strategies to deal with employers who contravene the minimum wage," he said.
Labour Principal Secretary Shadrack Mwadime.
