News on the topic: labor rights
13.12.2012 Worker justified, but wage bonus not returned
The Maskouski District Court of Brest considered the lawsuit of an operator of the ammonium refrigerating plants of the "Savushkin Product" open corporation Uladzimir Andrashuk, and took a half-hearted decision.
10.12.2012 Lukashenka makes it harder for workers to leave woodworking plants
Aliaksandr Lukashenka, by a presidential decree issued on 7 December, ruled that employees of woodworking plants may not quit their job without the employer`s permission before the expiry of their labor contract.
07.12.2012 Shklou: former prisoners ordered to clean park territory
At the end of November the Shklou District Police Department held a “Vacancies Fair” within the action “Step Towards”, aimed at socialization of people with previous convictions.
05.12.2012 Mahiliou court: dismissed trade-union activist Aliaksei Paulouski not allowed to copy the materials of his case
The judge of the Leninski District Court of Mahiliou Yuliya Trapynina not allowed Aliaksei Paulouski to take photos of the materials of the court case against the Mahiliou house-building combine.
03.12.2012 Harassment of members of independent trade union continues at “Granit”
This time the it concerns the excavator operator Leanid Dubanosau, a member of the Independent Trade Union. The administration of the Mikashevichy-based state enterprise demands that he refused from paying the membership fees for the independent trade union through the accounting department.
02.12.2012 Medic Ihar Pastnou is dismissed from work for criticizing the head of the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee
Ihar Pastnou has been criticizing Aliaksandr Kosinets for the waste of the budget means for a long time already. It's not the first time Mr. Pastnou is fired: two years ago he was fired from the position of a school doctor. As a result, he had to find a harder job with a smaller wage.
27.11.2012 “Granit” becomes an unreliable enterprise
The Mikashevichy-based state enterprise “Granit” has been put on a list of suspicious enterprises by the International Labor Organization due to regular violations of rights of members of the independent trade union.
19.11.2012 ILO may call to sanctions against Lukashenka
The International Labour Organization (ILO) may respond to the crackdown on Belarusian trade unions.
16.11.2012 Brahin authorities peddle weekly unpaid clean-ups
Aliaksandr Yatchanka, chairman of the executive committee of Brahin district (Homel region) signed a decree to force local residents to take part in weekly neighborhood clean-ups for the improvement of the district’s settlements.
06.11.2012 Official propaganda stirs up hostility to independent trade unions
The administration of the Babruisk Tractor Parts Plant (BTPP) accused the leader of the enterprise’s Free trade union of a desire to deprive people of their right to work.
31.10.2012 Porters of Polatsk winery seeking reinstatement in court
On November 1 Polatsk District Court is expected to continue hearing the suit brought by former employees of Polatsk winery Dzmitry Siankou and Viktar Rasliakou, who were fired for alleged "systematic violations of labor discipline."
31.10.2012 Mahiliou court upholds dismissal of opposition activist
Judge Valiantsina Lapatsina of Mahiliou Leninski District Court dismissed yesterday a lawsuit brought by Mikalai Zalozny, local activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), who demanded reinstatement in his job as a mechanic in one of the city’s hostels.
29.10.2012 Human rights defenders assist in protecting right to safe working conditions
Mrs. Alena Naibarodzina, resident of the town of Drahichyn, Brest region, has applied for the assistance of local human rights defenders in protecting her rights in an incident that resulted in her disability.
19.10.2012 Disloyal worker fired “for health reasons”
Brest regional authorities have made use of a new method of labor discrimination of disloyal workers: locksmith Siarhei Ivanou has been fired “for health reasons” from Brest Chief Specialized Bureau of Complex Climate Equipment Design.
15.10.2012 Slonim: mechanic gets his wage cut for appeal to labor inspection
Mikhail Soshka, a mechanic of the Slonim knitting factory, applied to the district labor inspection and stated that he and five more workers of the steam-power workshop are forced to do the work that does not belong to their circle of duties and is dangerous for the factory and their own lives.
