Topic: International Labor Standards
Country: Sudan
Delegate Name: Chad Scott
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Sudan position papers GLIMUN 2009 committees
Labor standards in Sudan are not appalling as some may think. As stated in your Labour Law: “It shall be prohibited to employ women in occupations which are hazardous, arduous or harmful to their health, such as carrying weights or assigning women to perform jobs under ground or under water or jobs which may expose them to poisonous material or to temperatures exceeding the normal limits borne by women.” We also do not work young people for more that four hours.
Sudanese employees are happy because we discuss with the employee when it would benefit him/her to be paid. Also we pay full for the first three months of absence, and half pay for three months of absence following the first period of the three months of absence, and then 25 percent of the pay for three months of absence following the second period of three months of absence.
Also the employers cannot terminate an employee unless The incapacity of a worker to perform his/her job or his/her contracting of a sickness which prevents him/her from returning to work after his/her annual sick leave with or without pay is terminated, provided that the incapacity, diseases or unfitness to work is established by the medical committee as stated in our labor law. Also the termination of the job or the termination of the contract for a definite period and the total destruction of the establishment are other ways an employee could be terminated. We believe our labor laws are fair and we treat our employees well.
