Section 4 of The Labour Relations Act 2007: Employee's right to freedom of association

(1) No person shall discriminate against an employee or any person seeking employment for exercising any right conferred in this Act. (2) Without limiting the general protection conferred by...

(1) Every employer has the right to― (a) participate in forming an employers’ organisation or a federation of employers organisation; and (b) subject to its constitution, join an employers...

(1) No person shall discriminate against an employer for exercising any right conferred by this Act. (2) Without limiting the general protection conferred by sub-section (1), no person shall do, or...

Every trade union, employers’ organisation or federation has the right to― (a) subject to the provisions of this Act- (i) determine its own constitution and rules; and hold elections to elect its...

A provision in any contract of employment or collective agreement, whether concluded before or after the commencement of this Act, that contradicts or limits any provision of this section is invalid,...

If there is a dispute about the interpretation or application of any provision of this Part, any party to the dispute may refer the dispute in writing― (a) to the Minister to appoint a conciliator as...

In any proceedings under this Act― (a) a party that alleges that a right or protection conferred by this part has been infringed shall prove the facts of the conduct; and (b) the party who is...

(1) No person shall recruit members for the purpose of establishing a trade union or employers' organisation unless that person has obtained a certificate from the Registrar issued under this...

A trade union or employers’ organisation shall apply to the Registrar for registration within six months of receiving a certificate issued under section 12.

(1) A trade union may apply for registration if― (a) the trade union has applied for registration in accordance with this Act; (b) the trade union has adopted a constitution that complies with the...

(1) An employers' organisation may apply for registration if ― (a) the employers' organisation has applied for registration in accordance with the requirements of this Act; (b) the employers'...

The requirements for registration as federation of trade unions are― (a) the federation has applied for registration in accordance with this Act; (b) the federation has adopted a constitution that...

The requirements for registration of a federation of employers are― (a) the federation has applied for registration in accordance with this Act; (b) the federation has adopted a constitution that...

(1) An application to register a trade union, employers' organisation or federation shall be made to the Registrar in Form A set out in the Second Schedule, accompanied by― (a) the prescribed...

(1) If the Registrar is satisfied, after consulting the Board, that a trade union, employers' organisation or federation that has applied for registration meets the requirements of the Act, the...

If the Registrar is not satisfied that a trade union, employers organisation or federation meets the requirements for registration and refuses the application for registration, the Registrar shall...

A trade union, employers' organisation or federation shall be registered as a body corporate― (a) with perpetual succession and a common seal; (b) with the capacity in its own name to- (i) sue and...

A registered trade union, employers' organisation or federation is not an association in restraint of trade and its objects may not, by reason only that they are in restraint of trade― (a) be deemed...

(1) No person shall perform any act in furtherance of a trade union or employers' organisation unless that trade union or employers organisation― (a)is registered under this Act; or (b) an...

(1) Every trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall― (a) have a physical office and postal address to which all communication and notices may be addressed; and (b) give notice of its...

(1) A trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall apply to the Registrar to register its branches in Form F set out in the Second Schedule. (2) An application to register a branch...

(1)A registered trade union, employers’ organisation or federation may amalgamate with one or more registered trade unions or employers’ organisations, as the case may be. (2) An amalgamation of...

(1) A trade union, employers’ organisation or federation may resolve to― (a) change or replace its constitution; or (b) change its name. (2) A registered trade union, employer’s organisation or...

(1) The Registrar shall cancel or suspend the registration of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation if― (a) the trade union, employers organisation or federation is dissolved; or (b)...

(1) When a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation is dissolved, the trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall give notice of the dissolution in Form O set out in the Second...

Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar made under this Act may appeal to the Industrial Court against that decision within thirty days of the decision.

(1) The officials of a trade union or employers’ organisation shall be persons who are, or have been, engaged or employed in the sector for which the trade union or employers’ organisation is...

An employee who has not attained the age of eighteen years but appears to be above the apparent age of sixteen years may be a member of― (a) a trade union and, unless the constitution provides...

No person shall be a voting member of – (a) a trade union unless that person is employed in the sector for which the trade union is registered; (b) an employers’ organisation unless that person has...

(1) The election of officials of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall be conducted in accordance with their registered constitutions. (2) The constitution of a trade union,...

(1) A trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall exhibit prominently― (a) in its registered office, a notice giving the names of all officials and their titles; (b) in every branch...

(1) The constitution of a trade union, employer’s organisation and federation shall provide― (a) for the appointment or election of at least three trustees; and (b) for the filling of any vacancy in...

1) All property, whether movable or immovable, of a registered trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall vest in its trustees for the use and benefit of the trade union, employer’s...

Upon any change in the office of any trustee, the property of a registered trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall vest in the trustees for the time being of the union for the same...

Subject to its rules and the provisions of this Act, the funds of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation may be used only for the following purposes - (a) the payment of salaries,...

The funds of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall not be used, either directly or indirectly, to pay the whole or part of a fine or penalty imposed upon a person by sentence or...

(1) The Industrial Court may grant an injunction restraining unauthorized or unlawful expenditure of the funds of a trade union, employer’s organisation or federation on application by the Registrar,...

(1) In this section, “official” means the treasurer of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation and every other official responsible for the accounts of a trade union, employers’...

(1) The authorised representative of a registered trade union, employers’ organisation, or federation shall furnish annually by a prescribed date to the Registrar a general statement of all receipts...

The accounts of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation and a list of its members shall be open to inspection by – (a) an official or member of a trade union, employer’s organisation or...

A person who obstructs or impedes the Registrar, or any person authorized by the Registrar, from inspecting the accounts of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation or the list of its...

(1) The Registrar may, at any time, call upon the treasurer, the executive or management board by whatever name called, or any other official of a trade union or employers’ organisation to render...

(1) The Industrial Court may – (a) order any person who has in his possession or control any property of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation in violation of its rules or who has...

(1) In this Part, “trade union dues” means a regular subscription required to be paid to a trade union by a member of the trade union as a condition of membership. (2) A trade union may, in the...

(1) A trade union that has concluded a collective agreement registered by the Industrial Court with an employer, group of employers or an employers’ organisation, setting terms and conditions of...

(1) Any amount deducted in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall be paid into the designated trade union, or employers’ organisation account within ten days of the deduction being...

The Minister may make regulations providing for the collection from employees and the payment to trade unions and trade union federations by employers of sums in respect of levies, subscriptions or...

Nothing in this Part prevents a member of a trade union from paying any dues, levies, subscriptions or other payments authorised by the constitution of the trade union directly to the trade union

An employers’ organisation may provide in its constitution for its members to – (a) pay subscriptions or levies as a condition of their membership of the employers’ organisation; and (b) to charge...

(1) An employer, including an employer in the public sector, shall recognise a trade union for purposes of collective bargaining if that trade union represents the simple majority of unionisable...