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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					22/02/2011 &#8211; 09:24 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">BEIRUT, (PIC)&#8211; Lebanese Minister of  Labor Boutros Harb pledged to sign Monday a bill passed by the  parliament in August that would organize the country&#8217;s labor laws  concerning Palestinian refugees.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The bill was designed to guarantee a  decent life for Palestinian workers without conflicting with the natural  rights of Lebanese workers.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Harb had worked jointly with the  International Labor Organization to come up with an agrement for a  retirement system and social protection project to be announced at a  press conference next Tuesday.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Unsatisfied with the end-of-service  indemnity system, which he said did not ensure the social security of  laborers, Harb said he would discuss conversion to the said retirement  plan which would provide pensions and health care for laborers who spend  their lifetime serving society and reach the age of retirement.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">UN Relief and Works Agency  Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi said he would cooperate with Lebanon  to guarantee a decent life of Palestinian refugees there without  infringing on their right of return.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7VSwCohdjLvilYGKuz%2bQT3RAQ9yJIAHgyKiCHOzorybAoLHKE9lcLvkb6v6ioNCoQURYX4R9OZYOc4NlGaf5T8KO4pIFYJOSgBOWfQrb4ifQ%3d">Lebanese labor law to provide &#8216;decent life&#8217; to Palestinian retirees</a>.</p>
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