New Regulations On Compulsory Social Security

Decree no. 51/2017 of 9 October was approved as a result of the new challenges of Compulsory Social Security and seeks to adapt it to the current social situation. To achieve this, the Decree approves the Compulsory Social Security Regulations and came into force on 8 January 2018.

The new Regulations make the following changes to the rules on Compulsory Social Security:

I) SCOPE OF PERSONAL APPLICATION OF THE RULES TO SALARIED EMPLOYEES

Unlike the previous rules, which limited the scope of personal application to workers resident in Mozambique, the new Regulations broaden the scope of personal application and provide that the rules cover any employed workers, whether Mozambican or foreign, and regardless of whether they are resident in Mozambique or not.