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Minimum Wage Commission Reports Story By Lovely St.Aime Joseph

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Mar 16, 2011 at 10:03 AM

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No word yet as to the specifics of the Minimum Wage Commission’s report except the Commission has called for an increase of the minimum wage. Commission Chair - Cyrus Reynolds, says while there were people who believed increasing the minimum wage would somehow be disastrous for the business sector – the report findings says differently. Reynolds says the team of commissioners studied all relevant factors to provide a true representation of the existing social reality.

Labor Minister, Edmund Estaphan, says the Commission was implemented in 2009 to ensure proper social safety nets for low income earners. However he advocates balance – adding that a minimum wage should not be set so high that it has a negative impact on business. The aim he says is to help boost productivity by offering decent and fair wages for a fair days work.

Trade Union Federation President, Julian Monrose, was one of the members of the diverse minimum wage commission.
The President of the Employers Federation was also part of the body. Monrose says as a trade unionist he recognizes the importance of putting in place instruments that help to protect workers.

Already there has been a call for the commission’s report to be disseminated to the public for discussion and comment.
Members of the Commission say they hope the recommendations coming out of the report will be implemented by the cabinet of ministers.