[...] Amongst other things, the new law
- forbids employers from firing any worker (including non-union) without just cause; - requires businesses to share at least 15 percent of their profits with the workers; - requires employers to pay workers severance if they lose their job for any reason; - gives workers the right to continue running factories which employers may decide to stop operating; - limits the work week to 40 hours and requires that workers be given two successive days off from work a week; - grants 6 months of parental leave to mothers and 15 days to fathers, gives mothers who return to work 1.5 hours per day to breast feed and gives new fathers and mothers absolute protection from discharge for the first 2 years after the birth of their child; - forbids all sub-contracting beginning in 2017. [...] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/venezuela-in-the-eye-of-t_b_3368014.html -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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