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Palestinian workers might finally have labor courts to settle their cases

The Palestinian Labor Ministry has agreed with the UN International Labor Organization to help establish competent courts to rule on employment and labor-related matters and disputes.
A Palestinian labourer smokes a cigarette as he picks apples during a harvest in a field in the West Bank village of al-Faraa, near Nablus June 24, 2013. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK - Tags: SOCIETY AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) - GM1E96O1MHM01
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian Labor Minister Nasri Abu Jish announced May 12 in a statement to the local radio station Watan FM that his ministry has been discussing with the High Judicial Council the possibility of establishing labor courts to rule on employment and labor-related matters and disputes, and to train qualified judges with extensive experience to this effect.

Abu Jish said that there are thousands of cases that remain unresolved in civil courts and that the Ministry of Labor has discussed the issue with the UN International Labor Organization (ILO) that has agreed on training qualified judges to preside over these courts when and if they are established.

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