Preparation of National Tripartite Agreement on Labor and Social Consensus

Economy
s.enkhbat@montsame.gov.mn
2023-05-15 18:27:29

Ulaanbaatar, May 15, 2023 /MONTSAME/. Prime Minister of Mongolia L. Oyun-Erdene has held his regular Monday morning meeting with representatives of the Trade Unions and Employers Association.   


The Prime Minister delivered a speech on the topic of "New Revival," and highlighted the world and economic situation, and the progress of implementation of the "New Revival Policy." Minister of Labor and Social Security Kh. Bulgantuya made a presentation on "Cooperation and policy direction of social partnership organizations." She emphasized that the Government has eliminated the disparity in basic salary, reduced the pay hierarchy, and implemented a performance-based pay policy. For example, 222 differences in the basic salary have been reduced to 53 in 2023, and an additional sum is given for every year of service in the state. Performance-based pay system has been introduced in the health, education, and culture sectors. Furthermore, various bonuses to the salary of government employees will be combined into the basic salary and a productivity-based pay system will be introduced. 

 

This year, MNT 15 billion will be spent on measures to support employers. For example, wage support of MNT 800,000 will be provided every month for four months to enterprises that employ citizens for permanent vacancies who have difficulty finding jobs in leading sectors of the economy, as well as in local and remote areas.


Consequently, the participants of the meeting brought up their viewpoints:


President of the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry O. Amartuvshin: It is necessary to drastically reduce the number of civil servants. The state should be only in charge of regulation and transfer business to private sector. Private sector can hardly find labor force. Besides, the graduates of the TVET centers do not meet the job requirements.


Executive Director of the United Employers' Association Kh. Ganbaatar: This year we should resolve the policy issues when conducting the national tripartite agreement on labor and social consensus. Let's solve the problem in labor evaluation and employment. We need to solve the salary issue not only in public organizations but also in the private sector. 


Secretary General of the Mongolian Trade Unions Kh. Buyanjargal: There are things to be grateful to the Government actions and also frustration issues. There is a lot of pressure at the workplace in Mongolia. In particular, civil servants are deprived of their right to unionize.


Head of Dornogobi aimag Trade Union S. Azjargal: The policy of “transition from welfare to labor" is not working. There are households living on welfare, i.e., child support, pensions, and allowances totaling some MNT1 million. There is a tendency not to work, but to live on welfare. It is also necessary to pay attention to the increase in prices of consumer goods.


Executive Director of KHAS Bank G. Tsevegjav: We ought to restore the confidence of young people in the future. To this effect, we should comprehensively solve the issue. We need to reduce welfare and create motivation to work for citizens.


At today's meeting, Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene instructed to thoroughly prepare for the national tripartite agreement on labor and social consensus. In doing so, he emphasized the need to align salaries and pensions with inflation, improve salary scales, increase the minimum wage, and conduct a survey on the preparation of human resources for the labor force market.