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OTML Union & Management sign 2023 Industrial Agreement
The new 5 Year Industrial Agreement will be implemented from 1st January 2023 and will be in effect until the end of 2027. The previous Industrial Agreement signed in 2019 was valid for three years. Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) and the Ok Tedi Mining & Allied Workers Union (OTAWU) signed a new Industrial Agreement…
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Combine effort needed to address child labour
THE term ‘Child Labour’ is defined by Inter Parliamentary Union/International Labour Office 2002 as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.It refers to work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children and interferes with their schooling…
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Labour laws to protect workers
CABINET has approved a policy for the next 10 years aimed at guiding the development of the country’s labour industry. According to Labour and Industrial Relations Minister Tomait Kapili, the National Employment Policy (2021-31) will allow for the implementation of initiatives and actions to protect workers and address their issues. Some policy outcomes include the…
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Ramu Nico Industrial Agreement signed
Ramu NiCo Management (MCC) Limited has successfully concluded and signed a new 2022 Industrial Agreement with its workers’ union in Madang Province recently. The developer of PNG’s first nickel/cobalt mining project in Madang signed the agreement after 15-months of lengthy consultation and discussions. Ramu NiCo Vice President and General Manager of the Human Resource Department,…
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Departments merge functions
The Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) recently launched the merger of the Foreign Employment Division to PNG Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority at the Central Government Office in Port Moresby. Dignitaries in attendance at the event included Prime Minister James Marape, Minister for Immigration and Border Security Westly Nukundj, Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations,…
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PNG’s Labour Minister calls for truce in ‘no jab, no job controversy
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Labour has broken its silence over the government’s stance on covid-19 testing requirements in the “no jab no jobs” controversy, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has called on employers and employees to exercise common sense and ensure that businesses are allowed to continue and embrace workplace safety rules. Labour and Industrial Relations…
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Protest Illegal, Says DPM
The Department of Personnel Management (DPM) has clarified that the sit-in protest undertaken by members of the PNG Nurses Association (PNGNA) is illegal. Secretary Taies Sansan said the state has not been informed of any industrial dispute or a call for withdrawal of labour registered by the Industrial Registrar and there was no secret ballot…
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