Fixing the Wage Before a work

Written by: Naqeeb Ahmad Azizi

When we hire a person to a work, we have to pay him/her and we pay the wage as we have talked at the beginning of the work. Some people do not fix the wage before work and this issue sometimes causes some problems. AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some people about this issue.

Doctor Muhammad Rahim Omari, a resident of Maidan-Wardak province says, “I have a private clinic and I wanted to hang a signboard on the wall of the clinic. I took a welder but I did not fix the wage with him. At the end of the work, I asked how much wage should pay him and wanted 5000 Afghanis. He surprised me for wanting this amount of money and this issue caused an argument between us. Finally, I paid 2500 Afghanis.”

Rifiullah, a resident of Shakardara district, Kabul province says, “Once there was a wedding ceremony of one of our relatives. We have a cook in our village. They asked the cook about the amount of his wage. The cook replied that as they wish. After the end of the ceremony, the cook wanted 8000 thousand Afghanis wage but our relative was not paying that much money and they involved in an argument.”

What do people think about the causes of this issue?

Nimatullah, a resident of Parwan province says, “Some workers think that the employer might pay them more wage and the taskmasters think that workers might not want more wage but at the end of the work, both sides face problems.

Karina Sadat, a resident of Arghandab district, Zabul province says, “If someone is familiar with a worker, he thinks that the worker might not want more wage but at the end the work, he wants more.”

How do people find a solution to this issue?

A mason from Parwan province says, “When I start work with anyone, I fix the wage at the beginning of the work. It’s my 12th year of masonry work but I have not faced problems due to my wage. 

 Doctor Rahim Omary says, “As I have the experience in this issue that I have explained before, now I fix the wage with the workers before starting the work and have no issue.”