Africa-Press – Angola. The new General Labor Law prohibits the use of video surveillance cameras to monitor workers’ professional performance, recently warned the director of the Legal and Exchange Office of the Ministry of Public Administration, Labor and Social Security, David Kinjica.
Regarding the diploma that comes into force on the 26th of this month, the MAPTSS technician clarified that the use of video surveillance means, provided for in article 26, will only be permitted when it is to guarantee the safety of employees, assets and means of production.
“It cannot be used as if it were a “Big Brother” in the workplace, just to guarantee the safety of the means of production, people and facilities”, he continued.
Another point addressed by the director has to do with the confidentiality of messages and access to information that workers have from the employer and vice versa.
For David Kinjica, this is a catalog of personality rights that have now been enshrined and that represent an innovation, consolidation of the rights that were enshrined in the Constitution and now introduced into the legal-labor relationship.
The new diploma defines the rules that must be applied to all employment contracts concluded between natural persons, public, private, mixed companies, cooperatives, social organizations, international organizations, diplomatic and consular representations.
The Law is also applied to employment contracts concluded abroad by nationals or residents hired in the country, without prejudice to the most favorable provisions for the worker and the rules of public order in the place where the contract is executed.
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