The Parliament’s Economic Committee has approved of amendments to the Employment Act of the Maldives that will designate sectors in which a minimum wage is to be set, which will then be implemented before the end of 2021.

The amendments were proposed by MP for Kendhikulhudhoo Ahmed Easa and were evaluated by a joint committee comprising of the Parliament’s Economic Committee and the Committee on Social Affairs.

The Committee amended the bill so that minimum wages are set in nine sectors.

https://en.sun.mv/62610