Liberia: ILO, Ministry of Labor and Partners Review Liberia’s Labour Laws
Liberia: ILO, Ministry of Labor and Partners Review Liberia’s Labour Laws
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Monrovia – Labour Minister Cllr. Charles H. Gibson has disclosed that since taken over the affairs as Chief Administrator of the Labour Sector of Liberia, he has observed that certain sectors need to be declared essential and restricted from the strike.
Minister Gibson said that the old Labour Law of Liberia prohibited entities that are involved with the provision of basic social services such as, water, electricity, telecommunications, airport services, and others because if they do, it will affect the entire population.
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Urging parties in Yemen to make concessions, conclude peace deal, briefers caution Security Council of impending humanitarian, ecological catastrophes
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Relentless military escalation by Ansar Allah in Yemen’s northern Marib region, along with import restrictions at Hudaydah, the closure of Sana’a International Airport and the absence of a political process are depriving people of hope that an end to the conflict is possible, the chief United Nations mediator told the Security Council today, calling on parties to make the concessions needed to conclude a peace deal.
“Taking the decision to end the conflict and open the door to peace is the most consequential choice any party can make,” said Martin Griffiths, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, as he updated the Council on recent developments. He warned, however, that opportunities currently on the table might not be available later. “I cannot re-emphasize enough what is at stake in Marib,�
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China’s persecution of its Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang Province has confronted foreign companies with a dilemma: disapprove and face Chinese wrath (e.g., H&M, Adidas and IKEA), or remain silent and incur reproach from activists in democratic countries. Understandably not wanting to be drawn into larger political tensions, companies might best address the issue most directly affecting them forced labor in their global supply chains.
The stakes could not be higher for firms doing business in China or relying on Chinese exports. In January, the U.S. banned Xinjiang-grown cotton (20 percent of the global supply) and tomatoes. Beyond garment manufacturers, Kraft Heinz was impacted and Coca-Cola is worried that it might be next (Xinjiang sugar). Climate-change campaigners should be concerned that half the world’s supply of polysilicon (essential to solar panels) comes from Xinjiang.
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India’s latest report on Non Personal Data, published by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MEITY) Committee of Experts has defined parameters regarding who can seek Non Personal Data, High Value Datasets, what a community is and who can represent it as a trustee, rights over non personal data, sovereign access to data, meta-data directories, and addressed intellectual property concerns. They’ve exempt entire raw databases from data requests, taken private data access out of the ambit of this framework, and defined purposes for which data can be accessed. Above all, it recommends a separate Non Personal Data legislation for governing NPD.
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