{"id":17479,"date":"2024-03-28T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17479"},"modified":"2024-03-28T23:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:51:02","slug":"minister-warns-against-labour-law-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-warns-against-labour-law-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Warns Against Labour Law Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton has issued a warning to companies, particularly foreign ones, against flouting Guyana&#8217;s labour laws, especially regarding wages and salaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a &#8216;Conditions of Work and Occupational Safety and Health&#8217; Seminar held at Regency Hotel, Minister Hamilton highlighted instances where companies were found to be circumventing local labour regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He specifically mentioned cases where foreign companies were not adhering to overtime pay regulations, opting instead to accumulate overtime hours and provide compensatory time off at their discretion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton emphasized that such practices will not be tolerated, and the Ministry of Labour will take action to ensure compliance with labour laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delecia-Labour-Conditions-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing representatives from both private and public sector companies attending the seminar, Minister Hamilton stressed the importance of ensuring that workers are well-informed about their contractual duties in line with Guyana&#8217;s labour laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged workers to demand a contract from their employers to clearly understand their obligations and rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Delecia-Labour-Conditions-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminar, attended by over 60 companies from both sectors representing approximately 10,500 workers, aimed to promote a culture shift towards occupational safety and health in the workplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event marked the second seminar of its kind for the year, following one held on February 15 exclusively for private sector companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reported by Delicia Janneire for NCN News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton has issued a warning to companies, particularly foreign ones, against flouting Guyana&#8217;s labour laws, especially regarding wages and salaries. Speaking at a &#8216;Conditions of Work and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17479","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\/17479","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=17479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17483,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17479\/revisions\/17483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}