Dear Editor,THE Patriotic Front is on the continued path to implement the internationally proclaimed employment standards and principally among them is the requirement for “equal pay for equal work.”Already, there is an ongoing programme aimed at ascertaining the skills audit with the view to ascertaining the quantum of qualified human resource base.So far, section 52 of the Employment Code Act has modified the application of the benchmark for the employment of expatriates and in the long term it will ensure that the foreigners are employed on the basis of necessity.To lessen the historical industrial disharmony, the government has embarked on the review and continuous reforms of the Industrial Relations Act and this will ensure productivity. Another measure which will be taken is promotion of tripartite partnership among the labour movement, employer’s federation and Government.Beyond 2021, the Labour offices will be given an extra duty to be the linkage between the employers and the prospective job […]
THE PF REFORMS IN EMPLOYEE’S WELFARE – PART II
