The Revised Labor Law

Workers wages are low, but labor regulations could impede private sector sustainability. A business-friendly revision aimed at benefiting both employees and employers is needed.

April 4, 2006

WHEN there is a conflict between ensuring the prosperity of employees and making it economical to do business, courage is needed in drawing up regulations governing workers wages and rights. Every decision means somebody will lose out. This is the root of the problem over Labor Law No. 13/2003, which the government is seeking to revise. Businessmen and workers are both fighting over the wording of articles in the revised legislation, with neither

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