The Ministry of Labour has closed several stores and business centers in Grand Bassa County for violations of the Labour law.
The Ministry of Labour delegation carrying out inspections in Grand Bassa and the South East, on Monday March 13, 2023 temporarily closed down and fined several stores owned and operated by the Pakistani, Indian, Fulani and many nationals in Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County, for noncompliance and disrespect to the team.
The 19-member delegation from the Ministry of Labour was on Sunday March 12, 2023, dispatched by Minister Charles H Gibson and are currently carrying on vigorous inspections in Grand Bassa County and the South East at various concession companies doing business in Liberia to have them registered and obtain a valid digitize work permit including operational safety guide and others that will be in line with the Labour Law.
The foreign businesses which include “Save Mart, Sharma Enterprise, Bangali Supermarket, UCI FRESH FROZEN and many others were temporarily shut down for being in total violation and for being disrespectful to the team carrying out the inspection.
The delegation which is headed by the assistant Minister for Labour Reginal Affairs, Wilson V. Dumoe, the Liberia Revenue Authority, ZIP Solution and Liberia Immigration Service will be inspecting work permits, semi-annual report, contractual certificate, internal payroll and withholding for the period of January and February 2023, Safety Supply Report & Policy, Cancellation Bond of all experts who have work and left the company and others.
In December of 2022, the Ministry of Labour and its local partner, ZIP Solution commenced the enrollment exercise of foreign workers in the digitized system, by gravitating from manual to digital which has the propensity of keeping records on all alien and foreigners working in Liberia.
The process initially began in Montserrado County and enrolled thousands of foreign workers doing various businesses and at concession companies.
Each foreigner will pay US$1000 for a work permit and will be valid for one year, while ECOWAS countries citizens doing business in Liberia will also pay US$100 for the period of year respectively.
