“In addition, upon
the breach of the proposed section 9(1), section 9 (2)(a-b) provides the
punishment with respect to a natural person and a corporate body respectively.
“The Nigerian
Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated the need to fight against job outsourcing,
especially in an organization’s core areas of operation.
“Multinational
corporations in the telecoms, oil and gas sectors are currently contributing to
the Nigeria economic crisis with their habit of outsourcing of workforce which
an average Nigerian can be engaged in to other nationals thereby creating
unemployment for its host country.
“After a critical
examination of the provisions of the relevant laws and the practices as we have
currently in the employment sector, I humbly urge this Honourable House to
support this amendment bill of the Labour Act to mandate the regularization of
an employee’s employment after six (6) months of employment and to prohibit
outsourcing of employment in the employer’s core areas of operation and to
further punish those in breach of this employment law.”
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