Labour Code of Haiti (1961)
- Voted by the Legislative Chamber on September 12, 1961 and promulgated by François Duvalier on October 6, 1961.
- Article 98: normal working time is 8 hours a day and 48 hours a week in industrial, commercial and agricultural establishments.
- Article 138 gives every manual or intellectual worker the right to a minimum wage that meets the needs of the worker and family.
- Article 410 bars giving a child under 14 placed with a family domestic work beyond their strength; Article 411 requires a guardian to be at least 21.
- Article 412 requires an employment permit from the Directorate General of Labor before taking a child into service.
- Article 465 bans the employment of children under 14 in agriculture and of minors under 18 in unhealthy work.
The Labor Code issued by the Department of Labor and Social Welfare in 1961, voted by the Legislative Chamber on September 12, 1961 and promulgated by President François Duvalier on October 6, 1961. It is organized in titles: individual and collective contracts and apprenticeship; working conditions, including hours, weekly rest, night work, paid leave and wages; individual and collective disputes, with conciliation, arbitration, the Superior Arbitration Council, strikes, lockouts and labor courts; unions and cooperatives; special regimes for civil servants, domestic workers, seafarers, road transport, mines, foreign labor, women, minors, home workers and agricultural workers; workplace inspection; and social security, including health and safety and social insurance under the IDASH. An appendix organizes the Department of Labor and Social Welfare and the Superior Wage Council. Article 98 sets normal hours at 8 a day and 48 a week. A chapter on children in service sets conditions for keeping a child in domestic service.
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Government of Haiti, Labour Code of Haiti (1961), accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/hti-code-du-travail-1961