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As a manager of an international business, how can you utilize this information?

Knowing the laws, worker rights, and human rights practices of the country you need to visit is essential
for managers of global companies. Every nation has its own laws and ways of conducting business. I use
this knowledge to understand how the worker rights of every employee in the BRIC nations should be
handled and that each nation has its own human rights laws that must be adhered to, especially by
foreign businesspeople operating in these nations. I can utilize this knowledge to understand the laws of
these nations and how to use them without breaking them.

Country Commonalities Differences


The law states that a strike may be The legislation guarantees all employees the
considered disruptive by the labor court, and freedom to associate freely, the ability to engage in
the union may face legal repercussions if the collective bargaining with some limitations, and the
strike violates certain requirements, such as right to strike (except for members of the armed
if the union neglects to maintain essential forces, military police, and firefighters). The legal
Brazil services during a strike, fails to notify restrictions on enterprise-level organizing. The
employers at least 48 hours before the start military, military police, and firefighters are
of a walkout, or ends a strike after a labor prohibited from striking by law. The law forbids anti-
court decision. Employers cannot terminate union discrimination, including the firing of workers
employees for participating in a legitimate who are running for or currently hold union
strike or hire replacement workers while one leadership posts, and it mandates that companies
is in effect, providing the strike is not bring back any employees who were fired for
considered abusive. engaging in concerted activities.

Strikes against emergency services and the Workers are permitted by law to create and join
military are forbidden by law. Additionally, it independent unions, engage in collective bargaining,
forbids strikes that would endanger the and go on legitimate strikes. The law forbids anti-
nation's military, safety, and the lives and union discrimination, but it does not compel
health of its workers, as well as strikes that businesses to reinstate employees who were let go
would affect vital public-service sectors like because they supported a union. Retaliation against
Russia utilities and transportation. Furthermore, striking workers is forbidden by law. Unions are
the law forbids some non-essential public required to register with the Federal Registration
employees from striking and mandates Service, which can be a time-consuming process with
arbitration for railroad, postal, and municipal numerous delays and complex bureaucracy. The
employees as well as for public employees reasons for denying trade union registration are not
who perform duties other than law set forth and may be arbitrary or without cause. The
enforcement. right to organize is not applicable to people who are
on active service in the military, government
servants, customs employees, judges, prosecutors,
or people who work under civil contracts. Labor
unions are required by law to be impartial toward
political parties, companies, and governmental
entities.
Although the law guarantees the right to The right to form and join unions, as well as the right
strike, it lays limitations on this right for to engage in collective bargaining, are protected by
specific employees. The law also permits the the law, but employers are not required to do either.
India government to prohibit strikes in Trade union registration required prior approval
government-controlled firms and mandates from the state government in the Sikkim state. The
arbitration in some "important industries," statute restricts federal and state government
as well as requiring a 45-day notice in employees' ability to organize.
export-processing zones due to the EPZs'
categorization as a "public utility).

The law stipulates that union representatives Workers are not free to form or join unions of their
may not be transferred or fired by enterprise choosing, and the law does not allow for freedom of
management while they are serving as association. The only union officially recognized by
representatives, and it also guarantees legal the law is the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
rights against discrimination against the Independent unions are prohibited by law, and the
China
officially recognized union. The law right to strike is unprotected. Workers in all sorts of
stipulates extra sanctions for businesses that firms are permitted to engage in collective pay
participate in anti-union activity in addition bargaining under the legislation. Additionally, the
to the reinstatement of employees who law allows for regional or industry-wide collective
were fired for official union activity. Workers agreements, and enterprise-level agreements were
who desire or participate in collective typically required across the board. Regulations
bargaining with their employers outside of mandate that the government-controlled union
an officially recognized union are not consult with the workforce before consulting with
protected by the law. management and present proposed collective
bargaining agreements to the workforce or its
congress for approval. Businesses are not required
by law to bargain or negotiate in good faith, and
some employers chose not to.

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