Maldives - 2011

Population:
Capital: Male
Tourism is a major source of income for the Maldives, but workers in the hotel industry remain unable to exercise their trade union rights free from employer repression.
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reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Background

Mohamed Nasheed, a former political prisoner, has been in power since the first multi-party presidential elections in 2008. The Parliament blocked a judicial reform package which caused the government to resign on 29 June and several days of arrests of some opposition members of parliament ensued. President Nasheed re-appointed the former government in July.
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
Population:
Capital: Male

reported violations- 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Trade union rights in law

Progress has been made to secure trade union rights and ensure conformity with international labour standards international labour standards Principles and norms related to labour matters, primarily codified in the Conventions and the Recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Include core labour rights such as freedom of association and the right to organise, the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike, which are all covered by ILO Conventions 87 and 98.

See ITUC Guide to international trade union rights , however the labour legislation is still rudimentary. The 2008 Constitution guarantees freedom of association freedom of association The right to form and join the trade union of one’s choosing as well as the right of unions to operate freely and carry out their activities without undue interference.

See Guide to the ITUC international trade union rights framework and the right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike , but does not contain an explicit right to collective bargaining collective bargaining The process of negotiating mutually acceptable terms and conditions of employment as well as regulating industrial relations between one or more workers’ representatives, trade unions, or trade union centres on the one hand and an employer, a group of employers or one or more employers’ organisations on the other.

See collective bargaining agreement
. Still, article 30 of the Constitution protects the right to participate in trade union activities. The main labour law, the Employment Act of 2008, does not regulate workers’ collective rights and merely refers to trade unions in the context of protection against dismissal.

A draft Ministerial regulation on strikes was presented in August 2010. While the regulation appears to be drafted ultra vires, i.e. beyond the authority granted by law, if enacted it effectively risks nullifying the right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike .

Additional information regarding the legislation
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
Population:
Capital: Male

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

In practice

The right to strike is generally ignored: The right to strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike , guaranteed by the Constitution is generally ignored in the hotel sector, the life’s blood of the country’s economy: workers who strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike are threatened, arrested and sometimes thrown in prison by order of the employers.
Failure to recognise the TEAM trade union and suspicions of a black list: Employers systematically refuse to recognise the union TEAM (Tourism Employees Association of the Maldives) or to negotiate with its members. The employers are strongly suspected of compiling a black list black list A list of workers compiled by and circulated among employers identifying union members and activists who are to be boycotted or otherwise penalised. of active members of trade unions in order to prevent them from finding a job.
ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
Population:
Capital: Male

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher

Violations

The Shangri-La fires 14 trade union members: On 16 April, 14 employees of the luxury Shangri-La Villingili Hotel Resort were fired for protesting against the arbitrary firing of four colleagues. These 14 workers were all active members of TEAM (The Tourism Employees Association of the Maldives).
19 workers at the Hotel Kurumba were thrown in prison following a strike:

On 21 August, more than 150 workers at the luxury Kurumba Resort, not far from Male, went on strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike to denounce a series of recurrent problems in the sector: low salaries, poor accommodation, management’s refusal to negotiate, excessive workload etc. The strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike was halted on 24 August following intervention by the police and the army. Even though this was a peaceful protest and there was no damage caused to the hotel during the strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike , 19 workers were arrested and detained for 24 hours in Dhoonidhoo. A tribunal recognised that this arrest was illegal.

An employee told the local media that during the occupation of the site by the army and the police, the employees were forced to sign a document committing not to undertake any further strike strike The most common form of industrial action, a strike is a concerted stoppage of work by employees for a limited period of time. Can assume a wide variety of forms.

See general strike, intermittent strike, rotating strike, sit-down strike, sympathy strike, wildcat strike action even though this right is recognised by the Constitution.

ILO Core Conventions Ratified:
Population:
Capital: Male

reported violations - 2011

Documented violations - actual number of cases may be higher
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