Minimum wage in Sudan

The current minimum wage in Sudan is 3000 Sudanese pounds ($55) per month.[1]

History

Until late 1974, when the Minimum Standard of Wages Order (Presidential Order no. 21) was issued, there had not been a minimum wage in the private sector, although in a few occupations, such as stevedoring at Port Sudan, official wage orders had set certain minimums.[2] The 1974 minimum, established at SDP £6.50 a month, was equivalent to the minimum entry wage for public-sector jobs.[2] It applied, however, basically only to workers in establishments having 10 or more employees in the Khartoum area, Al-Gezira, and certain other urban centers.[2] Its geographical limitations together with important exemptions—employees below the age of 18, all those in enterprises having fewer than 10 workers, seasonal agricultural workers, and some others—excluded about three-quarters of all wage earners.[2]

The minimum wage was established by a commission consisting of specialized members representing the state, workers, and employers, and enforced by the Ministry of Labor.[2] Workers denied the minimum wage could file a grievance with their local Ministry of Labor field office.[2] In April 2004, the Ministry of Labor and Administrative Reform, the Sudanese Businessmen and Employers Federation, and the Sudan Workers’ Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) agreed to raise the minimum wage to SDD12,500 (US$48) per month. By 2011 it had increased to SDG 265 (US$90) per month.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Sudan raises minimum wage by 700%". Dabanga. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. DeLancey, Virginia (2015). "Wages" (PDF). In Berry, LaVerle (ed.). Sudan : a country study (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 168–169. ISBN 978-0-8444-0750-0. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Though published in 2015, this work covers events in the whole of Sudan (including present-day South Sudan) until the 2011 secession of South Sudan.
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