Africa-Press – Angola. The Council of Ministers, meeting on Wednesday (27), under the guidance of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, considered, for submission to the National Assembly, a proposal for the General Labor Law, in which it redefines the content of the provisions referring to the constitution , modification and termination of legal-labor relations, in order to provide greater balance between the subjects of the employment contract.
The proposal also aims at improving the diploma, as well as adapting it to the Constitution of the Republic, to international conventions ratified by the Angolan State and to the country’s socio-economic reality.
The draft diploma enshrines, among other aspects, the obligation to justify the need to conclude the employment contract for a fixed period, the reduction in writing and the duration limit, the introduction in the special contracts of the figure of telework and work contracts in service commission.
The diploma also elects the elimination of the distinction between companies according to size in terms of the duration of the fixed-term employment contract, the reconfiguration of the criterion for setting additional remuneration, in addition to the determination of indemnities and compensation.
Speaking to the press at the end of the meeting, the Minister of Public Administration, Labor and Social Security (MAPTSS), Teresa Rodrigues Dias, said that this matter was already included in Law 2/20, but ended up experiencing a setback in the current General Law. of work.
“This setback was not satisfactory and, also, did not support what the policies of the International Labor Organization (ILO) are”, he said. regarding compensation and compensation, in the event that the worker loses his post.
He pointed out that the new Law puts an end to that distinction, based on the principle that, in light of the Law, everyone is a worker and, according to the regimes, must deserve compensation or compensation without the discrepancy of being affiliated with a small, medium or Big company.
“This dynamic made a lot of noise in terms of union entities and major legal or labor disputes”, stressed the minister, for whom the diploma also brings, as a novelty, the possibility of mobility within the same business group, without, however, , it is necessary to terminate the employment relationship, as is already the case in the Civil Service.
Motorcycle Taxi Activity
In the field of public transport, the Council of Ministers approved the Legal Regime for Moto-Taxi Activity. This diploma is aimed at carrying out the activity of individual or collective remunerated transport of passengers and goods in mopeds, motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles.
The diploma responds to the need to formalize the exercise and planning of this activity, allowing it to be carried out with the required comfort and safety, facilitating the movement of citizens, especially in areas that are difficult to access by regular transport.
The Transport Minister, Ricardo de Abreu, explained that, in practice, this regulation aims to guarantee the organization, planning and supervision of motorcycle taxi activity in the country, an activity that began in the South, in the late 1990s, and which is now found in every part of the country.
“We needed to shape its organization, planning and also protection, both for operators and for the passengers themselves”, explained Ricardo de Abreu, for whom the initiative involves formalizing the motorcycle taxi activity.
“In addition, the social protection of these operators and professionals is also guaranteed”, he explained, reinforcing that the idea, with the initiative, is to reduce the level of accidents within this class and that of informality. He said that the responsibility for the planning, organization, licensing and supervision of this activity will be in the hands of the local authorities.
New Entity For Waters
Yesterday’s session of the Council of Ministers also considered, for submission to the National Assembly, the draft law that creates the Regulatory Entity for Electricity Services and Water Supply and Wastewater Sanitation.
It is an independent administrative entity which, replacing the Regulatory Institute for Electricity Services and Water Supply and Waste Water Sanitation, now carries out the activities of regulation and supervision of the electricity and water subsectors.
The emergence of the new entity involves promoting efficiency, protecting consumers, ensuring the self-financing of the service provided, implementing public policies in the sector and ensuring a robust and sustainable service.
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