VICE-President Mutale Nalumango has called on industry and training institutions to boost teamwork in the re-alignment of curricula that will respond to demands on the labour market, in order to address informality.
She said in order to alleviate informality, employers ought to invest in workforce development, adopt fair employment practices and promote transitions to formal employment.
Mrs Nalumango noted that skills gap has hindered economic growth, as employers across African Regional Labour Administration Centre countries are challenged with procuring human resource, due to lack of the requisite expertise for jobs that are available on the labour market.
The Vice-President was speaking when she officially opened the ARLAC Governing Council meeting yesterday.
Mrs Nalumango urged development partners and ARLAC to continue providing technical support and platforms for regional cooperation to help in tackling informal employment.
She noted that about 70% of the work force is in the informal sector and lack social protection, fair wages, and safe working conditions.
The Vice-President stated that the ARLAC Governing Council meeting was timely as Zambia is on course in bettering pension schemes, and will soon table a Bill before Parliament to refine pension schemes; following Cabinet’s approval on January 30.
ARLAC chairperson Edgar Moyo re-affirmed the institution’s commitment to strengthen labour systems through training in order to promote decent work.
He said ARLAC will enhance labour administrative systems through training, research, consultancy; and to promote formality it was entering into partnership with learning institutions to provide programs that will address challenges on the labour market across the region.
And International Labour Organization (ILO) assistant director general and regional director for Africa Ms. Funfan Kayirangwa in a speech delivered on her behalf by the ILO representative and country director for Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia Wellington Chibebe, called for immediate action in tackling pressure on the labour market to create a fairer and sustainable future.
“I urge all of us to join forces to innovate around addressing informality in Africa. We need to create more and better jobs, embrace youthful energy, emerging technology advancement in response to climate change,” she said.
By PR Unit,
Ministry of Labor and Social Security
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