Liberia’s new labour law commits to decent work

MONROVIA (ILO News) – Liberian President Sirleaf has signed into law the Decent Work Bill, the country’s first labour law since the 1950s…The new law explicitly promotes fundamental rights at work, including freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively; the right not to be subject to forced or compulsory labour; the right to equality at work, and to equal working conditions regardless of gender or other irrelevant criteria; and the right not to be subject to the worst forms of child labour. The law also seeks to implement certain fundamental rights found in Liberia’s Constitution.



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