{"id":366,"date":"2022-04-01T05:12:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/?p=366"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:56:55","slug":"human-rights-where-would-they-be-without-labour-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/?p=366","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights &#8212; where would they be without labour law?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Labour Law in Ghana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <em>Labour Law in Ghana<\/em> LG Mpedi and TE Coleman\u00a0analyse the current statutory and regulatory framework of labour and employment relations in Ghana. The book critically assesses the primary thematic areas and topics in labour law such as individual labour law, collective labour law, the basic conditions of employment, employment protection, unfair and fair termination of employment agreements as provided for under the Labour Act No. 651 of 2003 and common law, the monitoring, adjudication and enforcement of labour rights in Ghana, issues of forced labour, occupational health and safety, forced labour, collective bargaining and compensation for disease and injuries sustained by workers in the course of their employment. The assessment of the legislative and statutory framework as well as a pronouncement by courts is done through the lenses of international standards required at the workplace. This book also highlights some contemporary issues that require attention from political actors or policymakers such as the employment status of platform workers\/gig workers (Uber and Bolt drivers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour Law in Ghana In Labour Law in Ghana LG Mpedi and TE Coleman\u00a0analyse the current statutory and regulatory framework of labour and employment relations in Ghana. The book critically assesses the primary thematic areas and topics in labour law such as individual labour law, collective labour law, the basic conditions of employment, employment protection, &#8230; <a title=\"Human Rights &#8212; where would they be without labour law?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/?p=366\" aria-label=\"Read more about Human Rights &#8212; where would they be without labour law?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pulications","category-publications"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions\/367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}