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The banning of contract labour stayed until it reemerged in the 1990s inside Namibia, in the form of todays labour hire system. There have been attempts to re-abolish such as the Namibian Labour Act of 2007, but this was reversed by the courts system in December, 2009 before it could be implemented.
Unfair dismissal in Namibia is defined by the Namibian Labour Act of 2007. The burden of the proof that a dismissal was fair lies with the employer. [1] A termination of employment is regarded an unfair dismissal when the employer dismisses the employee for the following reasons as set out in the Labour Act of 2007: [2] Without a valid and fair ...
The 1971–72 Namibian contract workers general strike was a labour dispute in Namibia between African contract workers (particularly miners) [6] and the apartheid government. Workers sought to end the contract-labour system, which many described as close to slavery. [7] [8] An underlying goal was the promotion of independence under SWAPO ...
Although Namibia introduced the 2007 Labour Act which prohibits child labour, industries such as sex work and agriculture violate these laws. The 2009 report 'Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour' conducted for Namibia by the U.S Department of Labour, highlighted issues such as physical and sexual abuse towards children by their ...
Unfair dismissal in Namibia is defined by the Labour Act, 2007, under which the employer has the burden of the proof that a dismissal was fair. Explicitly listed as cases or unfair dismissal are those due to discrimination in terms of race, religion, political opinion, marital or socio-economic status, as well as dismissals that arise from trade union activities.
The magistrates are governed by the Magistrates Act 3 of 2003. Arbitration tribunals are established by section 85 of the Labour Act No. 11 of 2007. Arbitration tribunals operate under the auspices of the Labour Commissioner. They deal with labour disputes, mainly arising from alleged contraventions of the Labour Act.
Namibia is one of the rare cases in which a provision protecting people from discrimination based on sexual orientation was repealed by a legislative body. As early as 1992, local activists successfully lobbied to include "sexual orientation" among the prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Labour Act 1992. In 2004, a new labour law was ...
Background. Namibia ratified both the ILO Minimum Age Convention (C138) and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (C182) in 2000. In addition, the country also ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990. Namibia signed the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in 1999, but has not ratified it as yet.