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[quote=APAULT,265108]Ok, now to my question.

I was looking at the 1995 law just a few days ago for the reason you see below and it seems that the new law has removed the details of maximum hours wokrd, overtime and pay for working on holidays but now says see the state regulations.  I wonder if they have been changed - they were very worker oriented but seemingly not enforced..

I have a Net friend who quit a job a as translator because she was required to work 6.5 days a week and to 7:30 pm.  She took a job that promised 6 days a week and no late hours.  She is now forced to work from 8 am to 9pm and on some occasions to 11pm.  For the last 3 weekends she has been forced to work in the factory making shoes.  She says she will receive no extra pay for all this extra work.  Like most workers she is frightened to do anything about it because she will lose her job and she cannot afford to.

What can she do?  The new law, Article 32 says workers have the right to report such misconduct, and another says that compensation is payable, and the mangement will be fined (though not very much).  What is the appropriate course of action?

Does the law apply to foreign workers too?   I cannot see any reason why not unless it is specifically legislated elsewhere that the Labour is not applicable to foreigners.  There are one or two interesting Articles in there!!!

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