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With this brief analysis we wish to analyse the implications of force majeure events in the petroleum sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Presidential Decree no. 11/2020, of 30 March, the President of the Republic of Mozambique decreed the State of Emergency, on grounds of public calamity, throughout the country, with a duration of 30 days, effective as from 0.00 a.m. on 01 April 2020 and ending at 24.00 a.m. on 30 April 2020.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic is already a reality in Mozambique, with the confirmation of the 8th coronavirus case in Mozambique on Sunday, 29 March 2020, it is becoming increasingly urgent to make decisions about how employment relations should be structured and regulated.
The new Labour Law, Law no. 13/2023, of 25 August, has been published in the Official Gazette on 25 August 2023, but it can only be applied as of 21 February 2024.
Repeat offence on communication in cases where a warning has previously been issued is punishable by a fine of 3 (there) minimum salaries of the respective sector of activity.
The ratification of this instrument aims to strengthen the action of the competent authorities, including labour inspectors, in the elimination of harassment and violence at workplace, as well as reinforce the obligation of the State to bring a legal regime appropriate to the factual reality of this phenomenon.
The revision of the Law No. 23/2007 of 1st of August, was reasoned by its nonconformity taking into consideration, among various aspects, the increase of foreign direct investment in the extractive industry sector of activity in the national territory...
DLA Piper and DLA Piper Africa have collectively been shortlisted for 20 awards across multiple categories at the African Legal Awards 2023.