Last Change:

04/07/2025

Labor Code of Somalia

Year: 1972

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights

Link to external source: https://nbs.gov.so/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Labor-Management-Procedures-LMP.pdf
Description

The labor code combines issues relating to fundamental principles and rights at work, employment contracts, labor relations, safety and health, industrial training, wages and remuneration, labor institutions, and the institutions of social dialogue in a single legislation.

Selected provisions
Article 103 - Protection of Collective Agreements

Any agreement reached through collective bargaining shall be legally binding on all parties and must be registered with the Ministry of Labor.

Article 134: Settlement of Individual Labor Disputes

Any individual labor dispute may be submitted by any of the parties to the competent district labor inspector for conciliation, where such labor inspector is available. The inspector is mandated to attempt to settle the dispute within 14 days of its submission.

Article 137: Collective Labor Disputes

A collective labor dispute arising at the district, firm, or factory level shall be submitted to the competent district labor inspector for conciliation, who shall attempt to settle the dispute within 14 days of its submission.

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