Enforcement of Employment Legislation

Local legislation is generally applied. However, where no local legislation has been enacted, the laws of the United Kingdom are applied to the extent applicable to local circumstances.

As far as employment is concerned, the fundamental legislation of the Niger guarantees equal access to employment opportunities.

The Gambia's labour and employment legislation certainly needed to be reviewed.

Alberta Human Resources and Employment will be conducting a review of Alberta's employment standards legislation in the coming year.

Health and safety legislation applying to employment treated men and women equally.

In order to guarantee the stability of women's employment, legislation makes maternity one of the grounds for suspension of an employment contract.

Developing tools for providing local players information, showcasing, best practices, legislation etc.

A local content policy would hopefully create employment for local populations and distract them from the path of war.

C. Employment creation, enhancement of skill levels of local workforces, and creating linkages

Provision for the acquisition of Saint Helena status was contained in the local legislation.

Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

To finance local businesses, Chinese local governments use local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) to circumvent bans on direct borrowing. In Spain, housing and employment collapses have hammered revenue.

First, such agreements threaten local food security and employment as fish become increasingly scarce.

ILO initiated a project on the impact of legislation on employment and the training of persons with disabilities.

In late 1832, Hauser was given employment as a copyist in the local law office.

Anti trust legislation is a guarantee against possible abuses by foreign companies adopting and implementing such legislation should allay local retailers' fears about foreign company presence.

In exchange, investors would commit to train local workers, create employment by purchasing local inputs and services, improve corporate practices and local providers standards, facilitate technology transfers, and establish links with local technical schools and universities.

In the field of work, two new pieces of legislation were approved to deal with employment and maternity issues.

These fisheries provide both a source of employment and an inexpensive food source for the local population.

In 2003 the Department of Women's Affairs proposed development of new legislation to include policies for equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment.

Minority languages are in official use in local government units where more than a third of the population consists of national minorities or where local legislation mandates their use.

Second, they need to use their workforces efficiently, which requires modern labor legislation that encourages employment of women, the young, and senior citizens.

This legislation has precedence over any employment contract and applies to every employer whose enterprise employs 10 or more employees, including the government.

In 1999, Japan s Equal Employment Opportunity Act was amended to provide equal employment opportunities for men and women by prohibiting discriminatory labor practices. But the legislation has had little impact on the workplace atmosphere for women.

The Income and Employment Support Act, which came into force in November 2004 and replaced the Social Assistance Act (1977), provides enabling legislation that will facilitate the integration of employment interventions with the Income Support Program.

While direct employment creation is obvious, the more indirect impact that foreign affiliates can have on employment through, for example, linkages with local companies is often overlooked. Indeed, there are examples to show that multiplier employment effects can be even higher than the employment creation effect of the investment itself (ibid).

The effects on employment, an issue often cited by local politicians, are short term and only create low skilled jobs.

Economic hardships have caused people to move around the country in search of employment, leading local traditions to break down.

Moreover, Chinese assistance packages often come with Chinese technology and laborers, implying limited employment opportunities and capacity building for local people.

Building the capacity of national and local Governments to address the employment issue must be part of UN Habitat programme approaches.

Indeed, one important channel for increasing local value added and employment is through the forging of supplier linkages with domestic companies.

Bosnia and Herzegovina legislation guarantees the right to work to all citizens, the right to choice of occupation, employment, job and position on equal terms.

Ms. Patten said that although the relevant legislation banned discrimination against women in employment, the report recognized that at times employers preferred men (p. 15).

The Committee urges the State party, as a matter of priority, to strengthen its efforts to effectively enforce its legislation prohibiting unlawful employment of children.

Reducing public sector dependence requires increasing citizens involvement in local businesses, so increasing the private sector s role in generating employment is vital.

Policies and programs to promote inclusion in employment, education, health care, and housing must be implemented at the local and national levels.

Writing in a blog, the men say they were dumped in a foreign country without employment, their families, or local language fluency.

Legislation has been enacted to strengthen women's economic security in such vital areas as land and property rights, decent employment, and access to credit and markets.

Attracting formal enterprises to locate their operations in close proximity to informal settlements, for example, through creation of enterprise zones, could boost local employment and generate positive multipliers for a range of local businesses.

Nowadays, however, shaft kilns are a favorite of local governments because they can be built cheaply and quickly and generate growth and employment.

Following Independence in 1980, provisions for maternity leave entitlements were provided for in the Employment Act which was first enacted in 1983. This legislation was revised and the provisions are now contained under s36 of the Employment Act (Cap 160) as follows

It would be important to develop water legislation and regulations to manage competing water demands at the river basin, catchment, aquifer and local levels.

The law of Anguilla is the common law of the United Kingdom, together with all legislation inherited from the former Associated State of Saint Kitts Nevis Anguilla up to August 1971 and the local legislation enacted since that date.

The greater the regional and local inequality, the lower the possibility of escaping inequality through traditional mechanisms income transfer and generation of formal employment.