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Chinese companies urged to uphold Guyanese labour laws
Junior Social Protection Minister, Simona Broomes, yesterday reminded six Chinese companies to adhere to Guyana’s labour laws and to respect their employees.
Minister Simona Broomes
Broomes advised the companies that even though the Government of Guyana welcomes them, they should respect the country’s labour laws.
She made this declaration at the Movie Town Project site, Rupert Craig Highway during a meeting with the six companies and the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Guyana (ACEG).
“This government is not Chinese-anti. We embrace you and welcome you. We want to work with you,” she said, adding that she was proud to see six Chinese Company Chief Executive Officers present at the engagement.
She hailed it as a positive sign and something that all parties should build on.
Broomes said that the CEOs should sit with their management teams and educate them about the labour laws. She added that there is need for more “in-house work” to be done in these companies. “They need to observe the laws,” she said, adding: “While the government embraces the Chinese companies, employees’ rights must be adhered to. The law is a must and I want to make that very clear. We cannot flex that part of it.”
“The Chinese will come here and work, raise their families and respect the law and the rights of the people of Guyana. So when we speak about the Chinese we must take best practices from them,” she declared further.
The project site.
The six companies which were present at the meeting were the CMC Guyana Transmission Line Project Office Inc, BaiShanlin International Forest Development Inc, China Railway First Group (Guyana) Inc, Standard Agroforestry Inc, China Harbour Engineering Company (Guyana) Inc and Rong-An-Inc.
Managing Director of China Harbour Engineering Company (Guyana) Inc, Kevin Liu, assured Broomes that his company will not forget its obligation to the employees and to Guyana.
CEO of BaiShanlin International Forest Development Inc, Chu, also said that his company will adhere to the laws while remaining committed toward the development of Guyana and its people.
Earlier this month, Broomes had declared that the labour department of the ministry would be taking BaiShanlin to court over suspected labour violations reported by its workers.
The decision was announced after Chu did not attend a meeting Broomes had scheduled to discuss the violations.
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