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Sierra Leone News: Parliament approves minimum wage
Statutory Instrument No.6 of 2014, which has been created out of the 1997 Minimum Wage Act, has brought with it a Presidential order followed
by a Parliamentary approval that the minimum wage for every worker; government and private, should not be below five hundred thousand Leones
(Le 500,000).
The Statutory Instrument was tabled in the House of Parliament yesterday by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Mathew Teambo; and
without any objection by the plenary, it is bound to become law after twenty-one (21) days legislative period, provided that period expires without
any member of the House objecting to it.
The Minimum Wage Order of 2014 says that by the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3 of the Minimum Wage Act of 1997,
the Minister, after consultation with the Joint National Board has declared the minimum wage Order.
According to the Act, the order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 2015.
Number-2 of the instrument indicates that in the order, unless the context otherwise requires- “contract of service” means any contract whether in
written or oral to employ or to serve as a servant for any period of time or to execute any work and includes a contract of apprenticeship.
It went on to say that any person who has entered into a contract to employ any servant and includes the agent or manager of such person and
includes the government and any officer of the government who has entered into a contract of service on behalf of the government.
The instrument described a servant as: a domestic servant, watchman, caretaker, messenger, cleaner or other skilled workman. And that the
minimum wage paid to these categories of workers should not be below Le 500,000.
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Friday October 31, 2014
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The Government of Sierra Leone has raised the monthly minimum wage for workers to SLL 500, 000
(roughly $115). This is a 2280% increase from what it used to be. The Minister of Labour and Social
Security, Mathew Timbo said that the new minimum wage for all employees will go into effect on January 1
2015.
Before this change the minimum wage was 21, 000 ($5.75) per month. This rate was set 15 years ago
when The Minimum Wage Act was gazetted in parliament in March 1997 under the Presidency of the late
Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.
This should increase the per day earnings for the employed Sierra Leonean from less than a dollar a day to
about $3.3 a much needed improvement if government can enforce violators. Sierra Leone and Nigeria will
have same minimum wage per month once this goes into effect while Ghana lags behind.

The Minimum Wage in Nigeria is 18,000 Naira ($115) Ghana GHS 6.00 per day x 30 days is GHC 180 ($56).
Guinea’s set minimum wage of 440,000 GNF ($63.36) only applies domestic workers. Source: Wikipedia

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