The law is in compliance with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendation to member states that affect workers of the health and utility services whose strike actions could endanger the safety of lives and property.

Mr. Danso-Acheampong made the call when he was speaking on the topic "Prospects for integrating the concerns of women at the workplace" at a three-day workshop on Women's Legal Rights for women activists of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) at Koforidua.

The workshop was part of the Government, TUC and the UNDP Project to consolidate democratic governance in the country.

Mr. Danso-Acheampong said to compensate workers and employers of the affected institutions, the law would compel the NLC within 14 days to ensure the resolution of any industrial action and threats that would involve these essential services through mediation and arbitration.

He said the New Labour Law had repealed 17 previous laws that were discriminatory and inconsistent with the 1992 Constitution and ILO Conventions.

These he said, were those which prohibited women from being engaged to work underground in the mining sector or at night.