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    "id": 1049550,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wilson Sossion (Nominated, ODM)",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding gazetting the agency fee with respect to Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) negotiated and concluded by 40 trade unions in the country in the period 2017 – 2021 collective bargaining period. Section 49 of the Labour Relations Act, 2007 provides for the right to agency fees to be paid to a trade union by an employer after effecting deductions from an employee’s salary. A trade union that has concluded a collective agreement registered by the Industrial Court and certificate issued with an employer, group of employers or an employers' organisation, setting terms and conditions of service for all unionisable employees covered by the agreement may request the Cabinet Secretary responsible for labour to issue an order requiring any employer bound by the collective agreement to deduct an agency fee from the wages of each unionisable employee covered by the collective agreement who is not a member of the trade union. It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the following: (i) Explain why the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection has violated Section 49 of the Labour Relations Act, 2007 by not gazetting Agency Fees that was negotiated and concluded in the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) by KNUT, UASU, KNUN, Dock Workers Union among other 40 trade unions in the country? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}