Book Launch and Signing with Her Honor Mrs. Deborah Thomas-Felix
Join us for this exciting conversation, followed by a book signing, with Her Honor Mrs. Deborah Thomas-Felix.
Celebrate National Author's Day with the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership on November 1st at 6 pm in Cramton Auditorium, where we will welcome Her Honor Mrs. Deborah Thomas-Felix, from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
She will discuss her newest book, Labour Law and Good Industrial Relations – Progressive Discipline and Maternity Protection in the Workplace_, which focuses on the practice of good industrial relations and progressive discipline in the workplace. Her Honor will hold a book signing following the discussion.
Her Honor Thomas-Felix is renowned for her wealth of knowledge and experience as a judicial officer and court administrator. She currently serves as the first woman President of the Industrial Court of Trinidad and Tobago.
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About | HH Mrs. Deborah Thomas-Felix
Her Honour Mrs. Deborah Thomas-Felix has served for more than a decade as the President of the Industrial Court of Trinidad and Tobago, having previously served that Court with distinction as a Judge.
Internationally, Mrs. Thomas Felix currently serves as a Judge of the International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal. She served as Second Vice President and later President of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal. She is also a member of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organization.
The earlier part of her career saw her serving as the first President of the Family Court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which was the first of its kind in any of the member states of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. Following her return to Trinidad and Tobago, she became a member of the Family Court Committee, which did the groundwork for the establishment of the Family Court.
About the Book
"Labour Law and Good Industrial Relations: Progressive Discipline and Maternity Protection in the Workplace", published in May this year, is Mrs. Deborah’s second book about labor. It has seven chapters of varied industrial relations trends, namely progressive discipline in the workplace, warnings, suspension from work, summary dismissal, the right to be heard, the disciplinary process and the grievance procedure, and, most importantly, maternity protection at work.
There also is a glossary of different laws around the world to provide a more in-depth understanding of the subject.