{"id":15155,"date":"2024-01-04T18:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15155"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:39:56","slug":"labour-ministry-recovers-69-million-for-unpaid-workers-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/labour-ministry-recovers-69-million-for-unpaid-workers-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Ministry Recovers $69 Million for Unpaid Workers in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>At the Ministry of Labour&#8217;s end-of-year media briefing, it was announced that a significant achievement was made in 2023, with the recovery of $69 million for workers who had faced unpaid wages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton disclosed that the ministry received a total of 912 complaints from employees during the year, successfully resolving approximately 85% of these cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts are ongoing to address the remaining 15% of complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recovered sum represents a substantial increase of 42% compared to the recovery amount in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton, noting the need for more impactful measures, advocated for stiffer penalties to discourage employers from engaging in illegal and fraudulent labor practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the ongoing collaborative efforts with the attorney general&#8217;s chambers to enhance the fines associated with labor violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his statement, Minister Hamilton highlighted various issues investigated through the received complaints, including termination benefits, annual leave, unlawful salary deductions, and overtime payments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these matters, he mentioned, often lead to legal proceedings, with 32 cases filed in the magistrate&#8217;s court in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of these, 11 cases remain active, and judgments have been obtained for 21 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The private security industry accounted for a significant number of complaints, prompting the Ministry to conduct seminars and interactions to address concerns within this sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, the percentage of complaints from the private security industry decreased from 27% to 25% of all complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the year, the Labour Department conducted 2,700 workplace inspections across all regions to ensure businesses and companies adhered to legal criteria governing working conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts underscore the Ministry&#8217;s commitment to enforcing labor laws and protecting the rights of workers in various industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Ministry of Labour&#8217;s end-of-year media briefing, it was announced that a significant achievement was made in 2023, with the recovery of $69 million for workers who had faced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15157,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15155\/revisions\/15157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}