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First Session (2007/2008), Ninth Parliament |
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| WHEREAS there exist in Trinidad and Tobago a
privately run security Industry which employs in excess of fifty thousand
security guards who are unprecepted; AND WHEREAS these unprecepted security officers are required to work under conditions which may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA); AND WHEREAS many guards are remunerated at low rates of pay thereby requiring many to work excessively long hours; AND WHEREAS there is a need for government intervention to protect the rights of these workers and to guard them against exploitation; AND WHEREAS the government has not established the necessary standards and regulations to govern the private security industry; BE IT RESOLVED that the government take all necessary steps to ensure that unprecepted private security guards are not exploited by virtue of the high demand for security services; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the government take all the necessary measures to enact into law the relevant legislation to establish the necessary standards and regulations that would govern the private security industry. (By Senator Wade Mark) |
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| Speakers in the Senate: |
29 January 2008
 Sen. Wade Mark Sen. Prof. Ramesh Deosaran Hon. Rennie Dumas, MP 26 February 2006 Sen. Dr. Adesh Nanan 22 April 2008 Sen. the Hon. Martin Joseph Sen. Dana Seetahal, SC Sen. Mohammed Faisal Rahman Sen. Helen Drayton Sen. Dr. Jennifer Kernahan 3 June 2008 Sen. Dr. Jennifer Kernahan (cont.) Sen. Cindy Devika Sharma Sen. Wade Mark |
| Approved by the Senate: 3 June 2008 | |
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