Labour Act

LAW ACT, 2003

ARRAGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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Scope of application

PART II – PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT CENTRES AND

PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

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Establishment of Public Employment Centre and registration of

private employment agencies

Functions of the Centres

Registration of unemployed persons

Employment through Centres or Agencies

Employment data

Private Employment Agencies

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PART III – PROTECTION OF EMPLOYMENT

Rights of employers

Duties of employers

Rights of workers

Duties of workers

Contract of employment

Written statement of particulars of contract of employment

Prohibition of restrictive conditions of employment

Grounds for termination of employment

Types of contract of employment

Notice of termination of employment

Remuneration on termination of employment

Exception

PART IV – GENERAL CONDITIONS OF

EMPLOYMENT

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Sub-Part – Annual leave with pay

Leave entitlement

Continuous service

Interruption of work by public holidays, sickness of worker etc.

Interruption of work by voluntary work, civic duties and special leave

Sick leave not part of annual leave

Leave to be uninterrupted

Employer to bear cost of leave interruption

Record of employment leave

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Worker may take leave in two equal parts

Leave entitlement to be restored to suspended worker on reinstallment

Termination of employment not to affect leave entitlement earned

Agreement to forgo leave to be void

Sub-Part not applicable to family concerns

Sub-Part II – Hours of Work

Maximum hours work

Different hours of work

Paid Overtime

Shifts

Manual labourers

Unpaid overtime

Commencement and closing of work

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Sub-Part – Rest periods

Undertakings to which this Sub-Part applies

Daily rest period

Weekly rest period

Rest periods not to include public holidays...