Brunei Darussalam
Legal
Freedom of association / Right to organise
Freedom of association
The right to freedom of association is regulated by a Labour Code.
Anti-Union discrimination
The law prohibits anti-union discrimination.
Barriers to the establishment of organisations
- Restrictions on trade unions’ right to establish branches, federation and confederation or to affiliate with national and international organisations
- Unions are permitted to form federations, but the law prohibits unions and federations from affiliating with international trade union bodies unless they receive prior written consent from both the Minister of Home Affairs and the Labour Department.
Categories of workers prohibited or limited from forming or joining a union, or from holding a union office
- Armed forces
- Civil servants are permitted to form and join unions, except for those in the army, police and prisons.
- Police
- Civil servants are permitted to form and join unions, except for those in the army, police and prisons.
- Other civil servants and public employees
- Civil servants are permitted to form and join unions, except for those in the army, police and prisons.
- Non-national or migrant workers
- The majority of labour laws only apply to citizens of Brunei, thereby failing to cover skilled and unskilled migrant workers.
Right to collective bargaining
Right to collective bargaining
No information available. .
Right to strike
Right to strike
No information available. .