The Mozambican government’s General Inspectorate of Labour (IGT) has announced that it is imposing heavy fines and will start criminal proceedings against TV Miramar, a television station owned by the Brazilian evangelical sect, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD).A Friday press release from the Labour Ministry said that investigations by an IGT brigade had concluded that Miramar was in serious breach of Mozambican labour legislation.Perhaps the most serious abuse was the theft of social security contributions from the Miramar workers. The Miramar management deducted social security contributions from their wages – but did not send the money to the National Social Security Institute (INSS). This means that Miramar workers are not eligible to receive social security benefits for which they have paid.The Miramar debt to the INSS now stands at over two million meticais (about 64,500 US dollars). The IGT also found that employees doing the same job, with the same duties, were paid different wages, and that two Brazilians had been hired illegally. The Brazilians have been suspended, and a condition for re-employing them is that Miramar must pay off its social security debt.But this will not prevent a court case: Miramar is being charged with “abuse of trust” under the country’s social security legislation.Since early 2010, Miramar has been managed by Record Europa, which is also part of the IURD media empire, so that what viewers see on their screens is “TV Record” rather than “TV Miramar”.
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