{"id":6200,"date":"2025-12-04T16:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=6200"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:03:52","slug":"the-ministry-of-labour-has-issued-a-new-directive-ordering-strict-compliance-with-national-labour-laws-and-work-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=6200","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Labour has issued a new directive ordering strict compliance with national labour laws and work permits."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"1280\" data-id=\"6202\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251204-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251204-WA0003.jpg 906w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251204-WA0003-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251204-WA0003-768x1085.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Emmanuel Garjiek <br>The Ministry of Labour has issued a new directive ordering all organizations, companies, NGOs, and business entities operating in South Sudan to strictly comply with national labor laws and work permit regulations for foreign employees.<br>In a circular released by the Office of the Undersecretary, the ministry emphasized that every foreign worker in the country must hold a valid work permit issued by the Ministry of Labour. Citing Article 46(3) of the Labour Act 2017, the ministry warned that employing foreign nationals without proper documentation constitutes a serious violation that carries heavy penalties, including prosecution, fines, closure of establishments, and possible deportation.<br>The directive requires all employers to immediately verify the legal status of their entire foreign workforce and ensure full compliance with existing labor regulations.<br>According to the ministry, nationwide inspections and enforcement operations will begin immediately and continue until further notice. Officials stressed that any non-compliance will result in swift and decisive legal action.<br>The circular was signed by Undersecretary Deng Kenjok of the National Ministry of Labour.<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_251204_160143_612.sdocx--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Garjiek The Ministry of Labour has issued a new directive ordering all organizations, companies, NGOs, and business entities operating in South Sudan to strictly comply with national labor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6203,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200\/revisions\/6203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}