The new General Labor Law, which comes into force next March, was considered by public and private entities and jurists, in this city, as quite innovative, because it defines the most “problematic” rights and duties of the employment relationship.
Speaking to ANGOP, on the sidelines of the presentation ceremony of the new LGT, an initiative by the Ministry of Public Administration, Labor and Social Security that plans to train more than a thousand people in the cities of Benguela and Lobito, the interlocutors consider it to be a fairly balanced law.
According to the director of the Legal Office of the Municipal Administration of Cubal, Orlando Hombo, the new Law 12/23 of December 27th is innovative because it brings together almost all the rights and duties of the two parties (employees/employers) that were previously defined in separate laws. .
He explained that the old Law did not provide for domestic work and teleworking, which were matters regulated by other diplomas, which are now outdated.
For him, the General Labor Law brings disciplinary measures that are also innovative and that the old Law did not provide for, such as the partial reduction of wages and the processing of these measures.
He made it known that in this new Law, the legislator is much more concerned with the worker, who is the person who occupies the weakest position in the legal-labor relationship.
“The previous Law favored fixed-term employment contracts and the new Law favors contracts for an indefinite period, with the possibility of other forms of contract”, he said.
Representative of the insurance company Fidelidade, Alexandre Caholua said that the new Law has some articles that needed some clarification, such as the contract forms.
The representative of the company Salinas Tchicamby, Manuel Moutinho, stated that the new Law is of great importance, because it regulates the legal relationship between the worker and the employer in a way that benefits the worker more, in some aspects.
The new law will make it easier to clarify labor conflicts between worker and employer, he argued, meaning companies must organize themselves to better manage likely conflicts.
He recognized that, at a given moment, many private companies did not follow the dynamics of the General Labor Law, registering cases of abusive dismissal of employees.
The representative of the National Electricity Distribution Company (ENDE), Luís Amaral, said that the new General Labor Law brings several changes and highlighted the requirement for an employment contract for an indefinite period, which thus benefits the worker more.
The new General Labor Law (LGT), nº 12/23, of December 27th, remember, repeals Law 7/15.
Entry into force takes place 90 days following publication in the Official Gazette. The diploma essentially aims to re-establish a set of rules that were revoked with Law No. 2/2000, of 11 February, in order to create a greater balance in defending the interests of workers and employers, and reinforce harmony in business relations. work. The new Law comes into force from March of this year, one year following approval by Parliament.
