06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Information on provisions concerning conditions of work ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 20085]

"The law mandates a 40-hour workweek, two to four weeks' annual leave, and overtime and holiday pay, except for agricultural and domestic workers. The law prohibits excessive compulsory overtime for civilian government employees. Labor leaders reported that the law can be interpreted as prohibiting some forms of excessive, compulsory overtime; however, workplace health and safety conditions were not properly patrolled, and enforcement was irregular due to insufficient police and the small number of factory inspectors. The law also establishes general health and safety provisions, some of which were aimed specifically at young or female workers. It requires that the inspectorate division of the Ministry of Employment, Labor, and Productivity inspect factories for compliance with health and safety standards. However, this agency was greatly underfunded, lacked basic resources and training, and consequently did not sufficiently enforce safety oversight at many enterprises, particularly construction sites and other nonfactory work locations."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Employees must be protected in hazardous situations; injured workers must be compensated; the law was not strictly enforced ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 20088]

"The law requires employers to compensate injured workers and dependent survivors of those killed in industrial accidents; however, the law was not strictly enforced. The Factories Law provides for the protection of employees in hazardous situations, including the right to remove themselves from such situations; however, the law did not provide similar provisions for other workers."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Labor laws apply to legal foreign workers, but they were not respected by all companies ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 20090]

"The labor laws apply to legal foreign workers, but not all companies respected these laws in practice."

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