The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) said yesterday that the new Single Salary Table (TSU) for the civil service will increase the purchasing power of state workers and boost the country's economy.

"The increase in salaries means that civil servants will have their purchasing power improved and this will boost the country's economy," said Paulino Cossa, the CTA's representative on the Labor Consultative Commission (CCT), a body that includes the government, trade unions and employers, at the end of a session.

Last week, the Assembly of the Republic definitively approved the TSU, but the implementation of the new remuneration matrix in the state has been contested by various professional classes, due to errors in the framing of employees.

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, said in parliament that "there is room" for civil servants to submit complaints to correct their inclusion in the new TSU.

"There's room for people, if they want to, to be able to claim the framework they have and as a result there's a response time and then we'll have the final salaries," said Tonela.

The approval by parliament and promulgation by the President of the Republic of the new TSU took place after the document had been returned by the executive to Parliament, following the detection of "inconformities".

The new salary matrix in the state has 21 levels, ranging from 8,756 to 165,758 meticais, instead of 103 steps, as was the case previously.