More Jobs, Better Wages
A fair wage for real work, and pathways that last
SUM will guarantee the minimum wage for young people entering work, grow employment by investing in agriculture, technology, tourism and financial services, and audit pay to end wage discrimination.
The problem
Young people leave school and find the door to fair work half-closed, sometimes paid below the minimum, often paid less than a foreign worker doing the same job. Whole sectors are underdeveloped. Work is the foundation of dignity, and too many are denied a fair start on it.
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What SUM will do
Fair start for youth
Guarantee at least the minimum wage for young people entering the workforce or apprenticeships, so a first job is a real foundation, not exploitation.
Grow the sectors that hire
Targeted investment in agriculture, technology, tourism and financial services to create sustainable jobs and diverse career pathways.
Equal pay, enforced
Regular audits to uphold equal pay for equal work and end wage discrimination between Seychellois and foreign workers.
How it works, step by step
Guarantee a fair first wage
Young people entering the workforce or an apprenticeship are guaranteed at least the minimum wage, so a first job is a foundation to build on and not a way to pay someone less because they are new.
Invest where the jobs are
Targeted investment goes into agriculture, technology, tourism and financial services, the sectors where Seychelles has real advantage, to create lasting jobs and genuine career paths.
Audit pay and act on it
Regular pay audits check that Seychellois and foreign workers doing the same job are paid the same, with real consequences when they are not.
In real life
A fair wage from the first job, real career pathways across a broader economy, and an end to the wage gap that has quietly told Seychellois they are worth less in their own country.
Her first apprenticeship pays at least the minimum wage by law, so the start of her working life is a step up rather than a trap.
A pay audit closes the gap that quietly told him a foreign worker in the same role was worth more, and the rule now has teeth behind it.
Guaranteeing the minimum wage for young workers is a rule change, not a subsidy, so its direct cost to the state is small. The job growth is funded by the same sector investment that drives the wider economic plan, and equal-pay audits largely pay for themselves by widening the tax base and lifting low wages.
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How do you enforce equal pay?
Through regular audits with real consequences. Same skills and same job means same pay, and a government willing to check makes the rule mean something.
Aren't these jobs dependent on growth that may not come?
The investment is aimed at the sectors where Seychelles has genuine advantage. Growth is not guaranteed anywhere, but it is likeliest where you build on real strengths.
Won't a guaranteed youth wage make employers hire fewer young people?
The guarantee is the existing minimum wage, applied so that being new is not an excuse to underpay. Paired with sector growth that creates demand for workers, it lifts the floor without shrinking the number of jobs.
How do you actually enforce equal pay?
Through regular audits with consequences. When the same skills and the same job carry the same pay, and a government is willing to check, the rule stops being a slogan and starts being real.
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