Africa-Press – Angola. The Ministry of Public Administration, Labor and Social Security (MAPTSS), in partnership with the Angolan Journalists Union (SJA), held this Monday, in Luanda, a training seminar on the new General Labor Law (LGT ), aimed at the media.
The training, covering journalists from public and private bodies, aimed to train and clarify participants on the application of the new LGT, in relation to the main innovations and reform measures introduced in the diploma, as well as encouraging and promoting compliance with the standards.
On the occasion, the Secretary of State for Labor and Social Security, Pedro Filipe, said that the training will bring more knowledge to journalists about safety, health and hygiene at work, occupational accidents and illnesses, suspension of work provision, compensation and compensation.
“Journalists will gain specific knowledge about the general principles that govern the legal-labor relationship, the rights and duties of the employer and worker, the establishment of the legal-labor relationship, special contracts and labor discipline”, he said.
In turn, the director of the MAPTSS Legal Office, David Kinjica, stated that the new General Labor Law brings visible impacts to citizens and results with marked impacts on the public service.
The person in charge said that the Law will be applied to employment contracts concluded abroad, by nationals or residents hired in the country, without prejudice to more favorable provisions for the worker.
Within the framework of the application of the Law, he explained that labor relations, diplomatic or consular representations of the State, as well as international organizations, which carry out activities related to the Vienna Conventions, are excluded.
The intention with the implementation of a new LGT, he highlights, is to reconcile the interests of employers, workers and society in general, in order to guarantee respect and observance of workers’ rights, as well as the continuity and sustainability of economic activity.
David Kinjica said that the new General Labor Law also implements the assistance model for workers, who for reasons beyond their control, become disabled, as a result of an accident or illness arising from the work regime.
“The diploma safeguards the situation of workers who no longer have the possibility of providing their activity, with remuneration, through Mandatory Social Protection”, he said.
The director highlighted that by law all citizens have the right to freely chosen work, with equal opportunities and without any discrimination.
On the occasion, the general secretary of the Union of Angolan Journalists, Teixeira Cândido, considered the seminar important for the class, because it makes known the changes to the new General Labor Law and the way they should act.
The union leader explained that the new General Labor Law is better than the current one, both in relation to contract time and because it offers employers other disciplinary measures that can inhibit the temptation to dismiss workers.
Teixeira Cândido highlighted that the transitional rule that maintains the bonds celebrated under the current law may violate the principle of “favor labor”, establishing that a more favorable measure or rule must be applied to the worker.
“The current General Labor Law is favorable to workers, so it must be applied immediately”, he highlighted.
The diploma advocates the elimination of the distinction between companies based on the size and duration of the employment contract, for a fixed period, the reconfiguration of the criteria for setting additional remuneration, as well as the determination of indemnities and compensations.
The situation of employment contracts was already included in Law 2/20, but ended up experiencing a setback in the previous General Labor Law, as it was not satisfactory and contradicted the policies of the International Labor Organization (ILO), hence the need to have been reviewed.
The distinction between small, medium and large companies, regarding compensation and compensation, in the event that the worker loses his job, the Law defends that everyone must deserve it without discrepancy of being affiliated with a small, medium or large company.
This dynamic, according to labor experts, made noise among unions in the face of major legal or labor conflicts.
The diploma brings as a novelty the possibility of mobility within the same business group, without the need to terminate the employment relationship, as is already the case in the Public Service.
In accordance with the new Law, innovations were introduced to promote institutional solutions that contribute to improving the management of labor relations, seeking to enhance them, in order to generate positive effects for society, namely the establishment of a contract as the only form establishment of the employment relationship.
The Law also establishes a catalog of personality rights, as well as the redefinition of special employment contracts, expressly regulating teleworking and sports work contracts.
The diploma will provide greater flexibility in the organization and temporal duration of work, enshrine paternity leave and the reconfiguration of provisions relating to the termination of the employment relationship, among others.
With the new Law, it will be possible to unify and systematize separate diplomas, which contain the regulation of matters relating to Labor Procedural Law, allowing for better practical application of the law and ease of handling, fairness of decisions, as well as guaranteeing the legal certainty and security for procedural subjects.
Invalid workers
The new General Labor Law also implements the assistance model for workers who, for reasons beyond their control, become disabled as a result of an accident or illness arising from the work regime.
The document safeguards the situation of workers who no longer have the possibility of providing the activity, with remuneration, through Mandatory Social Protection.
The Law defends that all citizens have the right to freely chosen work, with equal opportunities and without any discrimination, as well as prohibiting the hiring of work for minors between 14 and 17 years old, if they are not authorized by those responsible, the Employment Center or a suitable entity.
As far as sporting employers are concerned, the Law notes that they must guarantee medical and medication assistance to practitioners during the contract period.
Paternity leave
All workers must have a day of leave at the birth of their child, just as the father also has the right to additional leave of seven working days, consecutive or interpolated.
The father also has the right to replace the mother of the newborn child, while on parental leave, in cases of physical or mental incapacity or death, obtaining the same rights as the spouse, including the benefit.
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