Employment Act CAP 226▤
Limitation on amount payable under section 68
(1) The total amount payable to an employee in respect of any debt to which this Part applies, where the amount of the debt to whi…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Debts to which this Part applies
This Part applies to the following debts— (a) any arrears of wages in respect of one or more months, but not more than six months…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Definition of insolvency
An employer is insolvent for the purposes of this Part— (a) if the employer is a person who— (i) has been adjudged bankrupt or has…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Insolvency of employer
Where on an application made to him in writing by an employee or his representative the Minister is satisfied that— (a) the employ…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Penalty in case of death or injury of a child
(1) If a child is killed, dies or suffers any bodily injury in consequence of his employer having contravened any provision of thi…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Penalty for unlawful employment of child
(1) A person who employs, engages, or uses a child in an industrial undertaking in contravention of the provisions of this Part, c…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Determination of age
(1) If, during the hearing of a charge for an offence under this Act it is alleged that any person was at the date of the offence…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Medical examination of a child employee
An authorised officer may require a child in employment to be medically examined at any time during the period of the child’s empl…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Registers of child in employment
An employer who employs a child shall keep and maintain a register containing the following particulars of every child he employs—…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Emergencies
In case of a serious emergency, when the public interest demands it, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, suspend the opera…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Time restriction in employing a child
(1) Subject to section 60, no person shall employ a child in an industrial undertaking between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 6.30 a.m…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Restriction in employing child of between thirteen and sixteen years of age to attend machinery
(1) No person shall employ a child of between thirteen and sixteen years of age, other than one serving under a contract of appren…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Prohibition of written contracts for child between thirteen and sixteen years of age
Subject to the provisions of the Industrial Training Act relating to contracts of apprenticeship or indentured learnership, a pers…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Prohibition of employment of children between thirteen years and sixteen years of age
(1) No person shall employ a child who has not attained the age of thirteen years whether gainfully or otherwise in any undertakin…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Powers of labour officer to cancel and prohibit contracts
(1) A labour officer may, by notice in writing served upon an employer, terminate or cancel any contract of service, other than a…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Complaint to the labour officer or police officer
(1) A person may make a complaint to a labour officer or a police officer of the rank of an inspector and above if that person con…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Prohibition of worst forms of child labour
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of any written law, no person shall employ a child in any activity which constitutes worst form…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Interpretation
In this Part, except where the context otherwise requires— “employment” means employment of a child in a situation where— (a) the…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Certificate of service
(1) An employer shall issue to an employee a certificate of service upon termination of his employment, unless the employment has…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Courts to be guided
In determining a complaint or suit under this Act involving wrongful dismissal or unfair termination of the employment of an emplo…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Remedies for wrongful dismissal and unfair termination
(1) Where in the opinion of a labour officer summary dismissal or termination of a contract of an employee is unjustified, the lab…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Representation
In any complaint made under section 47, no advocate shall represent a party in the proceedings before a labour officer, but any pa…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Complaint of summary dismissal and unfair termination
(1) Where an employee has been summarily dismissed or his employer has unfairly terminated his employment without justification, t…
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Employment Act CAP 226▤
Reasons for termination or discipline
The following do not constitute fair reasons for dismissal or for the imposition of a disciplinary penalty— (a) a female employee’…
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