{"id":16755,"date":"2024-02-25T23:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16755"},"modified":"2024-02-25T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:16:08","slug":"ministry-of-labour-hosts-seminar-on-workplace-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ministry-of-labour-hosts-seminar-on-workplace-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Labour Hosts Seminar on Workplace Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>By Samuel Gillis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the Ministry of Labour organized a seminar focusing on the laws governing the workplace, addressing crucial topics such as overtime, termination, severance, and unfair dismissal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Labor Officer Dhaneshwar Deonarine highlighted the significance of the seminar, emphasizing the overwhelming interest from the private sector in understanding workplace regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 88 businesses, representing approximately 14,000 employees, participated in the seminar, with more than 140 representatives in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton addressed the audience, emphasizing the importance of health and safety in the workplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted a positive trend in workplace safety, citing a decrease in workplace fatalities from 32 in 2020 to 20 in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton underscored the ministry&#8217;s commitment to further reducing workplace accidents and fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carvil Duncan, President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), emphasized the role of trade unions in advocating for a conducive working environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing over 40,000 workers, Duncan highlighted the importance of protecting employees from exploitation in the workplace, noting that trade unions serve as a shield against such practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, a second seminar is scheduled for March 6, targeting employees from both the private and public sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative underscores the Ministry of Labour&#8217;s commitment to fostering awareness and compliance with workplace laws across all sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis Today, the Ministry of Labour organized a seminar focusing on the laws governing the workplace, addressing crucial topics such as overtime, termination, severance, and unfair dismissal. Chief&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16755","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=16755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16757,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16755\/revisions\/16757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}