Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has assented to the controversial Labour Relations (Amendment) Act.
The act gives employers the right to deduct wages of employees who have been staging a sit in for three consecutive days.
After the bill was passed in Parliament, trade unionists denounced the move and asked President Chakwera not to assent to the bill until some amendments were made.
But a statement signed by Acting Presidential Press Secretary Anthony Kasunda shows that the President has assented to the bill and three others.
In July this year, Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) leaders claimed that Chakwera had told them that he would not accept a bill that did not go through proper consultations.
