Parliamentary work: the new labor law recognizes next month

Parliamentary work: the new labor law recognizes next month

Created on Friday, 02 August / August 2013 08:52 |

Baghdad / Orr News

Confirmed by a parliamentary committee specialized that the month of August next will vote on the labor law, indicating that the project is expected Sancef slice strength of 600 thousand people, as he will need to be the owners of private companies and institutions to enter into contracts with their workers, pointing to determine wages and some operational procedures will be the validity of joint tripartite committee representing the government and the Federation of Industries as well as trade unions.

The deputy chairman of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Saleh al-Asadi that "the new labor law reached its final stages after the completion of the reading of the first, second and is now in the process of discussions Final between the representatives of the political blocs in the Committee and will be forwarded to the Legal Committee of parliamentary and then chairman of the parliament for a vote during the month of August next, "following up" The government has prepared a project according to the approved mechanisms of the International Labour Organisation "

Asadi continued that "the new law represents a quantum leap for the private sector in Iraq," on condition that "there is a proper application of him in order to achieve the full success of the brand," and promised "fairer to slice the workers, numbering about 600 thousand individual." The al-Asadi, a member of a coalition of state law that "the new project consists of 157 articles divided into chapters dealing with each one of which aspects of the work, Kosherihh young and foreign, health and safety and risk as well as wages," stressing that "the current project differs from the law in force substantially because the latter had been enacted in the era of the former regime dependent on the economy holistic approach to the period before 2003, "adding," The law is expected keep pace with the market economy and reflects the recent experience of dealing with a slice of workers on the ground in Iraq. "

According to al-Asadi, will be a joint committee "to identify some operational mechanisms of the law such as wages and negotiations with the workers," warning that "under the applicable law, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs unique to these powers either after the age of the current project will take these measures the validity of the joint committee consisting of a representative of the government and a second for the Iraqi Federation of Industries, and the third for the Federation of Trade Unions, "noting that" determining the minimum wage ceiling agree with the economic and social situation of the public will not get there unfairness of the worker and the employer. "

Do not rely most institutions, factories and private companies on a system of contracts at the conclusion of agreements with workers making it easier to expel them and difficulty in obtaining their rights.

Asadi pledging "the application of the law expected to be approved enactment of the draft Social Security is currently in the corridors of Parliament and has been read for the first time for the two to work consistently and backpressure is complementary to the last." And increased Asadi that "the law is devoid of separation of regulation oversight than استدعانا to approach the executive power to rectify the matter," مستطردا that "the response came from the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers that the government is applying the text of the Constitution individualize regulation law separately will set it up soon,"

He concluded Deputy Chairman of the Working Committee that "the law will be applicable to workers in the private sector, cooperative and mixed also will force business owners and factories and others to enter into contracts with workers," noting that "the committees of inspection and control in the Ministry of Labour will be assumed fact the fact that any breaches might get there will be criminal penalties for negligence. "

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