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Shops and Establishments Law (2016) (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 18/2016). -

Adoption: 2016-01-25 | MMR-2016-L-101962

The 2015 Shops and Establishments Law repeals the 1951 Act of the same name. Its purpose is to regulate working time, wages and safeguard the safety and health of workers in shops and establishments.

Myanmar - Labour codes, general labour and employment acts - Law, Act

The Law Revoking the 1964 Law Defining the Fundamental Rights and Responsibilities of the People's Workers (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 12/2011). -

Adoption: 2011-11-22 | MMR-2011-L-93080

Repeals the Law Defining the Fundamental Rights and Responsibilities of the People's Workers.

Myanmar - Labour codes, general labour and employment acts - Law, Act

Law Defining the Fundamental Rights and Responsibilities of the People's Workers (Revolutionary Council Law No. 6 of 1964). -

Adoption: 1964 | MMR-1964-L-73950

Sets out the rights and responsibilities of workers. These include the right to work, security of employment, the right to leisure, education, maternity leave, sickness benefits, compensation for occupational accidents, old-age security, wages, right for women to be treated the same as men, the right to a pleasant place of employment. It also sets out workers responsibilities including the responsibility to observe discipline, to protect the State, increase productivity. Chapter III provides that the government is to make rules concerning trade disputes. A people's workers' council is also to be created (Chapter IV).