MOL Expresses Total Dismay Over the Increase in Illegal Labour Actions

Labor Minister, Moses Kollie

The Ministry of Labour has observed with total dismay, the increase in the number of illegal actions by some employees and contractors at workplaces across the country in recent time. The Ministry believes, these actions contravene provision of the Decent Work Act of 2015.

The Ministry further advised employees and their organizations to desist from such actions as the Ministry strives to improve the labor sector of the country by implementing the Decent work act of 2015.

According to the Ministry, such an unlawful act on the part of workers and their organizations have the propensity to undermine industrial peace and harmony as well as, the national security of the Country.

Section 14.1 of the Decent Work Act of 2015 which talks about the “Right to strike or lockout” Sub-section 41.2, “Every party to a dispute of interest has the right to strike or lockout if: i) the dispute has been referred in the prescribed form to the Ministry for conciliation in accordance with section 40.3; ii) the party has attended the conciliation meetings convened by the conciliator; iii) the dispute remains unresolved at the end of a period of 30 days from the date of the referral”.

Henceforth, the Ministry wishes to remind all workers and employers in Liberia, planning to embark on any strike actions, termination of employment contracts, redundancy and other Labour actions to do so conformity with the Country’s Labour law, which is the Decent Work Act of 2015.

The Labour Ministry notes however, that it is committed in protecting the rights of workers and employers throughout the country in line with the Decent Work act of 2015 and therefore calls on all stakeholders of the Labour sector to respect the laws.

The Decent Work Act of 2015 or the Labour Laws of Liberia, particularly the provisions on the protection of trade unions and employers’ rights provide clear means by which workplace issues can be resolved amicably and peacefully. “We will all be happy if we govern ourselves accordingly” the Ministry has maintained.

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