CAP. 226
[Rev. 2012]
Employment
(5) A casual employee who is aggrieved by the treatment of his employer
under the terms and conditions of his employment may file a complaint with the
labour officer and section 87 of this Act shall apply.
38. Waiver of notice by employer
Where an employee gives notice of termination of employment and the
employer waives the whole or any part of the notice, the employer shall pay to
the employee remuneration equivalent to the period of notice not served by the
employee as the case may be, unless the employer and the employee agree
otherwise.
[Corr. No. 1/2008.]
39. Contract expiring on a journey may be extended
If the period expressed in a contract of service expires, or if an employee
seeks to terminate a contract where no agreement is expressed respecting its
duration while the employee is engaged on a journey, the employer may, for the
purpose of the completion of the journey, extend the period of service for a
sufficient period, but in any case not exceeding one month, to enable the
employee to complete the journey.
40. Termination on account of redundancy
(1) An employer shall not terminate a contract of service on account of
redundancy unless the employer complies with the following conditions—
(a)
where the employee is a member of a trade union, the employer
notifies the union to which the employee is a member and the labour
officer in charge of the area where the employee is employed of the
reasons for, and the extent of, the intended redundancy not less
than a month prior to the date of the intended date of termination on
account of redundancy;
(b)
where an employee is not a member of a trade union, the employer
notifies the employee personally in writing and the labour officer;
(c)
the employer has, in the selection of employees to be declared
redundant had due regard to seniority in time and to the skill, ability
and reliability of each employee of the particular class of employees
affected by the redundancy;
(d)
where there is in existence a collective agreement between an
employer and a trade union setting out terminal benefits payable
upon redundancy; the employer has not placed the employee at a
disadvantage for being or not being a member of the trade union;
(e)
the employer has where leave is due to an employee who is
declared redundant, paid off the leave in cash;
(f)
the employer has paid an employee declared redundant not less
than one month’s notice or one month’s wages in lieu of notice; and
(g)
the employer has paid to an employee declared redundant
severance pay at the rate of not less than fifteen days pay for each
completed year of service.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where an employee’s services are
terminated on account of insolvency as defined in Part VIII in which case that
Part shall be applicable.
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