The father guards her during virginity, the husband guards her in youth, the sons guard her in old age; the woman is never fit for independence.
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Men decide, women follow” was the traditional Chinese model. If visitors called, and only a woman was present, she might answer that “
independent identity. They were appendages to the patrilineal clan.
There were young men with their lives ahead of them, the world at their feet, their hopes high.. [But] a girl belonged to a man, Wong Su-ling’s autobiography.
Patrilocality meant that a bride relocated to live with her husband’s family. Men lived on family land, supported by their family and village. Women did gain status once they had produced sons for the lineage, but a young bride was an outsider with no claim to resources. Moreover, she was closely policed by her husband’s kin, so had little autonomy. As Tang
For the first time in recent history of the Corporate Affairs Commission, its headquarters was shut down by picketing workers, who accused the management of corruption, high-handedness and violation of labour laws. The rift almost turned bloody but for a sense of reason which prevailed and saw the management and the leadership of the two labour centres, NLC and TUC agree to seek fresh dialogue to resolve the conflict. Onyebuchi Ezigbo reports
Recently, labour crisis rocked the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The matter was so bad that it led to the shutting down of the headquarters of the commission for one day by picketing workers under the aegis of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). From what emerged from the face-off, the dispute was two-fold. First there was a misunderstanding between staff belonging to two labour centres, NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over recruitment of members, while another part of the dispute had to do allegations of corruption and anti labour prac
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This Article is Part 3 of our series on the amendments to the
Bermuda employment and labour legislation that will be coming into
effect on 1 June 2021.
This article will focus specifically on the introduction of the
Labour Relations and Trade Union (Consolidation) Act 2020
(
TULRCA) and the following primary changes to the
labour law:
The changes to the union
certification and decertification process
The establishment of civil
penalties
Introduction of a single Tribunal to
hear employment and labour disputes.
Union Certification Certification is the formal process by which a group
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