Job vacancies and pre-professional internships must be communicated to the government seven days before they are advertised in any other media or specialized body for the purpose of recruiting staff. Failure to comply with this principle can result in fines for employers.  

Speaking on Monday in Maputo, the Secretary of State for Youth and Employment, Oswaldo Petersburgo, explained that Decree 45/2023 of August 3 covers mainly state and public institutions.

"This decree fills a legal vacuum that had existed for several years in this area, which conditioned the actions of the public employment service and private employment agencies in obtaining timely data on the behavior of the labor market, in terms of the number of vacancies that the national economy generates in a temporal, geographical and specialty context," he said.

In his view, the labor market will be better organized for the collection, production and dissemination of employment statistics.

"By implementing this regulation, we are demonstrating our commitment to creating meaningful opportunities for young people, without discrimination of any kind," he noted.

According to the SE of the SEJE, the government's intention is for the regulation to reduce information asymmetries and improve transparency about job opportunities.

The Regulation on the Communication of Job Vacancies and Pre-professional Internships, launched on Monday, stipulates that employers, public or private, who have job vacancies or pre-professional internships, must communicate the vacancies to the government, via the Public Employment Portal, e-mail or in physical format.

This sharing of job opportunities must take place at least seven days before they are made available to specialized employment bodies.

Failure to comply with these provisions could result in fines ranging from a warning to the payment of five minimum wages in the respective sector of activity, i.e. "when the vacancy notice was issued after its publication". In the event of a repeat offense within six months, the sanctioned entity will be fined again as stipulated and the fine will be increased by 50%.