[Rev. 2012]
CAP. 226
Employment
(b)
where dismissal terminates the contract before the completion of
any service upon which the employee’s wages became due, the
proportion of the wage due for the period of time for which the
employee has worked; and any other loss consequent upon the
dismissal and arising between the date of dismissal and the date of
expiry of the period of notice referred to in paragraph (a) which the
employee would have been entitled to by virtue of the contract; or
(c)
the equivalent of a number of months wages or salary not exceeding
twelve months based on the gross monthly wage or salary of the
employee at the time of dismissal.
(2) Any payments made by the employer under this section shall be subject
to statutory deductions.
(3) Where in the opinion of a labour officer an employee’s summary dismissal
or termination of employment was unfair, the labour officer may recommend to
the employer to—
(a)
reinstate the employee and treat the employee in all respects as if
the employee’s employment had not been terminated; or
(b)
re-engage the employee in work comparable to that in which the
employee was employed prior to his dismissal, or other reasonably
suitable work, at the same wage.
(4) A labour officer shall, in deciding whether to recommend the remedies
specified in subsections (1) and (3), take into account any or all of the following—
(a)
the wishes of the employee;
(b)
the circumstances in which the termination took place, including the
extent, if any, to which the employee caused or contributed to the
termination; and
(c)
the practicability of recommending reinstatement or re-engagement;
(d)
the common law principle that there should be no order for specific
performance in a contract for service except in very exceptional
circumstances;
(e)
the employee’s length of service with the employer;
(f)
the reasonable expectation of the employee as to the length of time
for which his employment with that employer might have continued
but for the termination;
(g)
the opportunities available to the employee for securing comparable
or suitable employment with another employer;
(h)
the value of any severance payable by law;
(i)
the right to press claims or any unpaid wages, expenses or other
claims owing to the employee;
(j)
any expenses reasonably incurred by the employee as a
consequence of the termination;
(k)
any conduct of the employee which to any extent caused or
contributed to the termination;
(l)
any failure by the employee to reasonably mitigate the losses
attributable to the unjustified termination; and
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