Section 41 of The Labour Relations Act 2007: Injunction to restrain misuse of funds

(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...

(1) Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with in a recognition agreement, a recognition agreement shall provide for trade union members in a workplace to elect from among themselves trade...

(1) Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with in a recognition agreement, a recognition agreement shall provide for an employer to grant a trade union reasonable access to the employers...

(1) An employer, group of employers or an employers’ organisation that has recognised a trade union in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall conclude a collective agreement with the...

(1) An employer, group of employers or employers’ organisation and a trade union may conclude a collective agreement providing for― (a) the conciliation of any category of trade disputes identified...

(1)A collective agreement binds for the period of the agreement - (a) the parties to the agreement; (b) all unionisable employees employed by the employer, group of employers or members of the...

(1) Every collective agreement shall be submitted to the Industrial Court for registration within fourteen days of its conclusion. (2) The employer or employer’s organisation which is party to an...

(1) The Minister may, after consultations with the Board, make regulations establishing machinery for determining terms and conditions of employment for any category of employees in the public...

(1) A trade dispute may be reported to the Minister in the prescribed form and manner – (a) by or on behalf of a trade union, employer or employers' organisation that is a party to the dispute;...

(1) Every party to a trade dispute referred to in section 62 shall file a replying statement in the prescribed form and manner with the Minister within fourteen days of receiving a copy of the report...

Any party which has an interest in any dispute may file a statement with the Minister within fourteen days of receiving a copy of the referral.

(1) Within twenty-one days of a trade dispute being reported to the Minister as specified under section 62, the Minister shall appoint a conciliator to attempt to resolve the trade dispute...

(1) A person appointed to conciliate a dispute under this Part shall be ― (a) a public officer; (b) any other person drawn from a panel of conciliators appointed by the Minister after consulting the...

(1) The conciliator or conciliation committee appointed under section 66 shall attempt to resolve the trade dispute referred to in section 65 (1) within- (a) thirty days of the appointment; or (b)...

(1) If a trade dispute is settled in conciliation the terms of the agreement shall be― (a) recorded in writing; and (b) signed by the parties and the conciliator. (2) A signed copy of the agreement...

A trade dispute is deemed to be unresolved after conciliation if the― (a) conciliator issues a certificate that the dispute has not been resolved by conciliation; or (b) thirty day period from the...

(1) If the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest to prevent a dispute from arising or to resolve a dispute, the Minister may appoint a conciliator or conciliation committee to...

The Minister may appoint a committee of inquiry to investigate any trade dispute and report to the Minister.

The Minister may delegate his powers under this Part to the Commissioner for Labour or the Chief Industrial Relations Officer.

(1) If a trade dispute is not resolved after conciliation, a party to the dispute may refer it to the Industrial Court in accordance with the rules of the Industrial Court. (2) Notwithstanding the...

A trade union may refer a dispute to the Industrial Court as a matter of urgency if the dispute concerns― (a) the recognition of a trade union in accordance with section 62; or (b) a redundancy...

The Arbitration Act shall not apply to any proceedings before the Industrial Court.

A person may participate in a strike or lock-out if― (a) the trade dispute that forms the subject of the strike or lock-out concerns terms and conditions of employment or the recognition of a trade...

(1) A party to a dispute that has received notice of a strike or lock-out may apply to the Industrial Court to prohibit the strike or lockout as a matter of urgency if – (a) the strike or lock-out is...

(1) No person shall take part in a strike or lock-out or in any conduct in contemplation of a strike or lock-out if― (a) any law, court award or a collective agreement or recognition agreement...

(1) In this Part, a “protected strike” means a strike that complies with the provisions of this Part and “protected lock-out” means a lock-out that complies with the provisions of this Part. (2) A...

(1) An employee who takes part in, calls, instigates or incites others to take part in a strike that is not in compliance with this Act is deemed to have breached the employee’s contract and― (a) is...

(1) In this Part “essential services” means a service the interruption of which would probably endanger the life of a person or health of the population or any part of the population. (2) The...

(1) The Industrial Court has jurisdiction in respect of any prosecution for an offence under this Act. (2) A trade union, employers’ organisation or federation which is convicted for an offence under...

The Minister may, after consultations with the Board, make regulations on any matter for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

(1) The Trade Union's Act and the Trade Disputes Act are repealed. (2) Transitional provisions dealing with the transition from the Trade Unions Act and the Trade Disputes Act to this Act are...