Complaint > Bujagali Energy-04/Bujagali

Appraisal: Appraisal of IFC investment in Bujagali Energy (IFC Project #24408) and MIGA guarantee of World Power Holdings (MIGA Project #6732), Uganda, (CAO Complaints 04 and 06), April 8, 2015

...child labor, etc.) and requires the company to comply with national laws, including the Employment Act, 2006 (Act No. 6). The LFMP also requires contractor and subcontractor to abide by similar requirements. The Employment Act allows workers to file a complaint with a labor officer (Commissioner or a District Labor officer) in cases when an employer neglects or refuses to fulfill the terms of a contract of employment. A labor officer may institute civil or criminal proceedings before the Industr...

Complaint > Bujagali Energy-06/Bujagali

Appraisal: Appraisal of IFC investment in Bujagali Energy (IFC Project #24408) and MIGA guarantee of World Power Holdings (MIGA Project #6732), Uganda, (CAO Complaints 04 and 06), April 8, 2015

...child labor, etc.) and requires the company to comply with national laws, including the Employment Act, 2006 (Act No. 6). The LFMP also requires contractor and subcontractor to abide by similar requirements. The Employment Act allows workers to file a complaint with a labor officer (Commissioner or a District Labor officer) in cases when an employer neglects or refuses to fulfill the terms of a contract of employment. A labor officer may institute civil or criminal proceedings before the Industr...

Complaint > Harmon Hall-02/Puerto Vallarta

Appraisal: Compliance Appraisal of IFC investment in Harmon Hall, Mexico (IFC Project #29753). (Complaints 02-06 and 08), April 8, 2015

...labor land employment laws;  To protect the workforce by addressing child labor and forced labor;  To promote safe and healthy working conditions, and to protect and promote the health of workers. IFC implements the commitments set out in the Sustainability Policy through its Environmental and Social Review Procedures (ESRP), which are updated periodically. The Harmon Hall project was approved under ESRP version 4.0 (August 2009) and supervised under the subsequen...

Complaint > Harmon Hall-08/Mexico

Appraisal: Compliance Appraisal of IFC investment in Harmon Hall, Mexico (IFC Project #29753). (Complaints 02-06 and 08), April 8, 2015

...labor land employment laws;  To protect the workforce by addressing child labor and forced labor;  To promote safe and healthy working conditions, and to protect and promote the health of workers. IFC implements the commitments set out in the Sustainability Policy through its Environmental and Social Review Procedures (ESRP), which are updated periodically. The Harmon Hall project was approved under ESRP version 4.0 (August 2009) and supervised under the subsequen...

Complaint > Alex Dev-01/Wadi al-Qamar

Appraisal: English

...labor and working conditions. The complainants allege that direct employees were fired and hired again as contracted, “temporary” workers through labor contractors or suppliers in an attempt to reduce its labor costs. The complainants allege that some contracted workers have been working under these conditions for 12 years. The complainants allege that such arrangement is a contravention of the Egyptian labor law, and that the contracted workers do not receive the same benefits as direct employe...