Warehouse Receipt System Act

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. the administrative officer of the Institute and shall be responsible for Executive the day-to-day operations of the Institute. Director and Deputy Executive (2) The Executive Director shall be responsible to the Director. Board. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the general supervision and control of the Board, the Executive Director shall be the accounting officer of the Institute. (4) The Executive Director shall keep the Board informed on the progress and activities of the Institute. (5) The Deputy Executive Director shall deputise the Executive Director in the performance of his or her functions.

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1. staff of the Institute Other Staff on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.

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1. any other law relating to the Service of documents. service of documents, a document required to be served on the Institute may be served by delivering it at the office of the Executive Director.

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1. (a) a Chairperson;
2. (b) two members, at least one of whom shall be a woman from the private sector appointed by the Minister, who, in his or her opinion, are persons of high integrity and who qualify to be appointed by virtue of their knowledge, qualifications and experience in industrial research, product development, marketing or other related fields;
3. (c) the Commissioner for Industry and Technology;
4. (d) the Director for Gender and Culture, Ministry responsible for Gender, Labour and Social Development;
5. (e) the Director General, National Agricultural Research Organisation;
6. (f) the Executive Director, Uganda National Bureau of Standards;
7. (g) the Executive Secretary, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology;
8. (h) the Executive Director, National Environment Management Authority;

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1. (2) The Chairperson shall also summon a special meeting of the Board upon a request made in writing by not less than six members of the Board.
2. (3) The Executive Director shall, where the Chairperson is absent, summon a meeting of the Board upon a request made in writing by not less than six members of the Board.
3. (4) Six members of the Board shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Board.

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1. (2) A question proposed at any meeting of the Board shall be determined by a simple majority of the members present by voting and where there is an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
2. (3) The Board may co-opt any person who is not a member to attend any of its meetings as an advisor and that person may speak at the meeting on any matter in relation to which his or her advice is sought but shall not have the right to vote on any matter coming for decision before the meeting.
3. (4) Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Act, the Board may regulate its own procedure.
4. (5) The quality of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of them.
5. (6) The Executive Director shall keep or cause to be kept the minutes of every meeting of the Board.
6. (7) The minutes recorded under this section shall be submitted to the Board for confirmation at its next meeting following that to which the minutes relate and when so confirmed, shall be signed by the Chairperson in the presence of the other members.

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This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) No person shall use or assist any other person, in using forced or compulsory labour.
2. (2) The term "forced or compulsory labour " does not include-
3. (a) any work or service extracted by virtue of compulsory military service laws for work of a purely military character; (b) any work or service which forms part of the normal civic obligations of the citizens of Uganda;
4. (c) any work or service extracted from any person as a consequence of a conviction by a court of law, provided that the work or service is carried out under the supervision and control of a public authority and that the person is not hired out to or placed at the disposal of a Act 6 Employment Act 2006 private individual, company or association; (d) any work or service extracted in cases of an emergency, such as in the event of war or disaster or threat of calamity in any circumstance that would endanger the existence or the well-being of the whole or part of the population.
5. (3) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding forty eight currency points or to two years imprisonment, or both and to a fine of four currency points for each day or part of the day on which the breach continues.

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1. (1) A labour officer is empowered-
2. (a) to enter freely and without previous notice at any hour of the Act 6 Employment Act 2006 day or night, any work place for inspection; (b) to enter by day, any premises which he or she may have reasonable cause to believe to be liable to inspection; and
3. (c) to carry out any examination, test or inquiry which he or she may consider necessary in order to satisfy himself or herself that the legal provisions are being strictly observed, and in particular-
4. (i) to question, alone or in the presence of witnesses, the employer or the staff of the undertaking, on any matters concerning the application of this Act ,or other legal provisions made under this Act;
5. (ii) to require the production of any books, registers or other documents the keeping of which is prescribed by law in order to ascertain whether they are in conformity with the legal provisions, and to copy those documents or make extracts from them;
6. (iii) to enforce the posting of notices required by law; and
7. (iv) to take or remove for purposes of analysis, samples of materials and substances used or handled, subject to the employer or his or her representative being notified of any samples or substances taken or removed for that purposes.
8. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a labour officer shall, where he or she believes that there is a present or imminent danger to the health or safety of the workers, close the work place without the prior approval of the Commissioner except that the labour officer shall inform the Commissioner within forty eight hours of the closure of the work place.

5 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) A labour officer may institute civil or criminal proceedings before the Industrial Court in respect of a contravention or alleged contravention of this Act or regulations made under this Act, and may prosecute and appear in his or her own name in respect of the proceedings.
2. (2) The rules of evidence shall apply in any criminal proceedings under this Act, but shall not apply in any civil

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1. (b) fails to comply with any reasonable directions, order, requirement, request, demand or inquiry of a labour officer, made or given in pursuance of any power conferred upon the labour officer by this Act; or
2. (c) conceals or otherwise prevents or attempts to conceal any person from appearing before, or being examined by a labour officer.

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1. (1) A person who records or causes to be recorded wrong, inaccurate or deficient information in an employee's records of service, whether retained by the employer or communicated to a labour officer, with an intention to defraud the employee or the employer or any public authority, or who acts so as to conceal such fraudulent acts, commits an offence.
2. (2) It is an offence for an employer or employee to fail, without justifiable cause to reply to a labour officer's written request for information within a period of fourteen days from the time that request was received by the employer or the employee as the case may be.
3. (3) Where a court imposes a fine under this section, the court may order part of or all of the fine to be paid to an employee or employer, as the case may be, who has suffered loss as a consequence of the commission of the offence.

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1. shall not place himself or herself in any position that Act 6 Employment Act 2006 involves a conflict of interest.

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1. A labour officer shall not reveal, during or after the period of his or her appointment, any manufacturing or commercial secrets or working processes or confidential information which come to his or her knowledge in the performance of his or her duties

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1. The Commissioner may require an employer to furnish in writing returns and statistics, whether periodical or otherwise, of the number of employees, the rates of remuneration and any other conditions of service affecting such employment

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1. (1) The Commissioner shall publish an annual report of inspection services, covering the following matters-
2. (a) developments with regard to relevant laws and regulations;
3. (b) the staff under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner;
4. (c) statistics of work places liable to inspection and the number of workers employed in the work place;
5. (d) findings in the course of inspection;
6. (e) statistics of industrial accidents and occupational diseases; (f) statistics of people with disabilities in work places and any aids being provided by the employer; and
7. (g) statistics of proceedings brought before the Industrial Court and of their disposal.

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1. (1) There is established a Labour Advisory Board which shall consist of- Act 6 Employment Act 2006 (a) a Chairperson; (b) the Commissioner as an ex-officio member;
2. (c) public officers, and representatives of employers and employees not exceeding ten in total, as the Minister may from time to time appoint, by notice published in the Gazette; and
3. (d) one representative of persons with disabilities.
4. (2) Appointments made under this section shall be for a period of three years and except for good cause, no person shall be removed from the Board before the expiry of his or her term of appointment.
5. (3) The Chairperson of the Labour Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Minister and, shall be a person well versed in labour matters and of high moral calibre.
6. (4) The representative of employers and employees shall be nominated for appointment to the Labour Advisory Board by the Federations of Employers and Federations of Labour Unions, respectively.
7. (5) Without prejudice to the generality of the Minister's power of appointment, there shall be an equal number of representatives of employers and employees appointed to the Labour Advisory Board at any one time.
8. (6) The Labour Advisory Board shall meet as many times as are necessary for the conduct of its business, but shall meet at intervals of not more than three months between each meeting.

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1. (1) The functions of the Labour Advisory Board are to advise the Minister on any matter falling under this Act and on any other matters affecting employment and industrial relations as may from time to Act 6 Employment Act 2006 time be referred to the Board by the Minister. (2) The Board shall exercise its powers and perform it's functions in such manner and subject to such conditions set out in the regulations.
2. (3) Where it is proposed to introduce measures designed to encourage and promote collective bargaining, the Minister shall seek the views of the Labour Advisory Board on the measures, before their introduction.
3. (4) Subject to subsection (1), the Labour Advisory Board shall advise the Minister on the following-
4. (a) matters concerning relations between Uganda and the International Labour Organisation, including the making of replies and comments to questionnaires and proposed texts of international labour standards, the taking of action necessary to comply with the obligations of membership of the International Labour Organisation, and any proposed denunciation of a ratified Conventions;
5. (b) aspects of vocational guidance and vocational training;
6. (c) matters concerning the operation of the employment service and the development of the employment service policy;
7. (d) the formulation and development of policies designed to promote the granting of paid educational leave to workers for the purposes of- (i) training; (ii) labour union social and civic education, and (iii) labour union education; and
8. (e) the formulation and development of a national policy on vocational rehabilitation and the employment of persons

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1. A person shall not be employed under a contract of service except in accordance with this Act

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1. (1) A contract of service made with an employee who is unable to read or understand the language in which the contract is written shall be attested to.
2. (2) Attestation shall be by means of a written document drawn up by a magistrate or labour officer and, before attesting to the contract the magistrate or labour officer shall- (a) ascertain that the employee has freely consented to the contract and that his or her consent has not been obtained by coercion, undue influence, misrepresentation or mistake;
3. (3) The magistrate or labour officer shall give a copy of the document recording the attestation to the employer and to the employee, but the original of the document recording the attestation shall be retained by the magistrate or labour officer.
4. (4) A contract which should have been, but was not, attested to as provided for under this section may be enforced at the instance of the employee and the absence of attestation shall not prejudice in any way the rights of the employee.

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1. (1) Except where expressly permitted by this Act, an agreement between an employer and an employee which excludes any provision of this Act shall be void and of no effect.
2. (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the application by agreement between the parties, of terms and conditions, which are more favourable to the employee than those contained in this Act.

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1. (1) Except as provided for by subsection (2), a contract of service shall not be transferred from one employer to another without the consent of the employee.
2. (2) Where a trade or business is transferred in whole or in part, the contracts of service of all employees employed at the date of transfer shall automatically be transferred to the transferee, and all rights and obligations between each employee and the transferee shall continue to apply as if they had been rights and obligations concluded between the employee and the transferee. (3) A transfer referred to in subsection (2) shall not interrupt the employee's continuity of service, and the service shall continue with Act 6 Employment Act 2006 the transferee as if he or she were the transferor.

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1. Where the employer's personal or legal position formed the basis of the employment relationship with the employee, the death of an employer shall cause the contract of service to terminate one month from the date of the employer's death, unless it is otherwise legally terminated within that period

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1. (1) The bankruptcy or winding up of the employer's business shall cause the contract of service of any employee to terminate one month from the date of the bankruptcy or the winding-up order.
2. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where, notwithstanding the occurrence of bankruptcy or winding-up, the business continues to operate or is transferred.
3. (3) An employee's claim for wages and other entitlements in case of bankruptcy or winding-up shall be governed by section 48.

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1. (1) Where an employer is unable, or refuses, to pay wages, a labour officer, on the application of any employee of that employer, shall declare the contract of service terminated.
2. (2) The termination referred to in subsection (1) shall be without prejudice to all outstanding and accrued rights arising under this Act, the contract of service or any other law.

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1. (1) A child under the age of twelve years shall not be employed in any business, undertaking or work place.
2. (2) A child under the age of fourteen years shall not be employed in any business, undertaking or workplace, except for light work carried out under supervision of an adult aged over eighteen years, Act 6 Employment Act 2006 and which does not affect the child's education. (3) A person shall not continue to employ any child under the age of fourteen years after being notified in writing by a labour officer that the employment or work is not light work meeting the criteria in subsection (2).
3. (4) A child shall not be employed in any employment or work which is injurious to his or her health, dangerous or hazardous or otherwise unsuitable and an employer shall not continue to employ a child after being notified in writing by a labour officer that the employment or work is injurious to health, dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for that child.
4. (5) A child shall not be employed between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
5. (6) Any person, including a Labour Union or employer's organisation, may complain to a labour officer if he or she considers that a child is being employed in breach of this section.
6. (7) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of a labour officer under this section may appeal to the Industrial Court.

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1. (1) The Minister may by regulations require persons over the age of eighteen years seeking employment involving exposure to hazards specified by regulations to undergo medical examination before being engaged by an employer and at regular intervals thereafter.
2. (2) Where a medical examination is required under this section, it shall be carried out by a qualified medical practitioner and shall be certified by a district medical officer in the presence of a labour officer.
3. (3) Where a medical examination is required under this section, the results of the medical examination shall be kept confidential by the medical practitioner, and shall not be disclosed to any other person, other than the person who is the subject of the medical

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1. Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding sections of this Part, the Minister shall on the recommendation the Labour Advisory Board make regulations governing the employment of persons with disabilities, apprentices and other categories of employees, who in his or her opinion, are in need of special protection under the law

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1. (1) Every person employing an employee shall notify the district labour officer of any employment vacancy whenever it occurs
2. (2) The Minister may by regulations exempt specified categories of employers from the provisions of this section.

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1. An employee shall not, without his or her consent, be required to accompany his or her employer outside Uganda, unless his or her contract expressly provides so

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1. (1) No person shall organise the illicit or clandestine movement of migrants for employment for purposes of departing from, passing through or arriving in Uganda, or give assistance to any organisation for that purpose.
2. (2) A person shall not employ a person whom he or she knows to be unlawfully present in Uganda.
3. (3) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.

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1. (1) A person or his or her agent or messengers, shall not engage in the business of operating a recruitment agency, unless he or she is in possession of a valid recruiting permit issued by the Act 6 Employment Act 2006 Commissioner. (2) A recruiting permit shall be subject to such conditions as the Commissioner may require, and may be revoked at any time for good cause. (3) This section shall not apply to recruitment for employment- (a) as a domestic servant; or (b) on non-manual labour. (4) Nothing in this section shall be taken as restricting or prohibiting official labour exchanges operated by or with the approval of the Commissioner. (5) Recruitment agencies shall submit returns of their operations to the commissioner. (6) The Minister shall make regulations governing the operations. (7) A person who acts in breach of this section commits an offence.

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1. (1) An employee recruited for employment at a place which is more than one hundred kilometres from his or her home shall have the right to be repatriated at the expense of the employer to the place of engagement in the following cases-
2. (a) on the expiry of the period of service stipulated in the contract; (b) on the termination of the contract by reason of the employee's sickness or accident; (c) on the termination of the contract by agreement between the parties, unless the contract contains a written provision to the contrary; and
3. (d) on the termination of the contract by order of the labour
4. (3) Where an employee has been in employment for at least ten years he or she shall be repatriated at the expense of the employer ,irrespective of his or her place of recruitment.
5. (4) A labour officer may, notwithstanding anything in this section, exempt an employer from the obligation to repatriate in circumstances where the labour officer is satisfied that it is just and equitable to do so, having regard to any agreement between the parties or in the case of the summary dismissal of an employee for serious misconduct.

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1. (1) Every employer shall provide his or her employee with work- (a) in accordance with the contract of service;
2. (b) during the period for which the contract is binding; and
3. (c) on the number of days equal to the number of working days expressly or impliedly provided for in the contract.
4. (2) The duty in subsection (1) shall not apply if-
5. (a) the contract is frustrated;
6. (b) its performance is suspended;
7. (d) the employee has terminated the contract of service. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) and (2), an employer is not be liable to provide work where interruptions to his or her business activities are caused by- (a) natural calamities; (b) a strike, go-slow or other industrial action;
8. (c) subject to subsection (6), economic or technological reasons which result in a shortage or reduction of work that is beyond the employer's control.

3 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), wages shall be paid in legal tender to the employee entitled to payment.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employer may, with the prior written agreement of the employee, pay wages by bank cheque, postal order, money order or by direct payment to the employee's bank account.
3. (4) An employee shall not be obliged to make use of any shops established by the employer for the use of his or her employees or services operated in connection with the undertaking.
4. (5) Wages shall not be payable to any employee in respect of any period where he or she has been sentenced and imprisoned by a court of law.
5. (6) An employee is not entitled to receive wages in respect of any period where he or she is absent from work without authorisation or good cause except that, in the case of an employee who has completed at least three months' continuous service with his or her employer, the following shall not constitute absence without good cause-
6. (a) absence attributable to the occurrence of exceptional events preventing the employee from reaching his or her place of work of or from working;
7. (b) absence attributable to a summons to attend a court of law or any other public authority having power to compel attendance; or
8. (c) absence attributable to the death of a member of the employee's family or dependent relative, subject to a maximum of three days' absence on any one occasion and a maximum of six days in any one calendar year.

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1. (1) In the case of an employee dying during the term of a contract of service, his or her heirs or legal representatives shall be entitled to the wages and any other remuneration due to the employee at the date of death.
2. (2) Where any employee dies at his or her work place, or on the way to his or her place of work, the employer shall be required to notify the death to the District labour officer who shall notify the Commissioner.
3. (3) Where an employee dies while at work, or while travelling to his or her place of work, their employer shall be required to transport the employee's body to a place of burial notified by that employee's next of kin.

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1. (1) The payment of wages in legal tender shall take place at the Act 6 Employment Act 2006 place of the employee's work or, if he or she works at more than one location, the premises of his or her employer from which he or she works or from which his or her work is administered. (2) Payment of wages shall not take place in premises licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages or in places of amusement, except in the case of employees whose place of work is in such premises.
2. (3) An employer shall not impose in any contract of service, any agreement, or condition, as to the place where, or the manner in which, or the person with whom, any wages paid to an employee shall be expended and an agreement or condition which contravenes this section shall be invalid.
3. (4) In the absence of a prior written agreement to the contrary-
4. (a) an employee engaged to work for one day at a time shall be paid his or her wages at the end of that day;
5. (b) an employee paid by the hour, day or week shall be paid his or her wages at the end of that hour, day or week;
6. (c) an employee paid fortnightly or monthly shall be paid at the end of each fortnight or month; and
7. (d) an employee engaged to be paid by the piece of work done or by results shall be paid at intervals of not more than one fortnight.
8. (5) Where the employee is being housed by the employer, the employee shall not be required to vacate the premises until he or she has been paid his or her terminal benefits.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

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1. Except where it is expressly provided by law, no person may receive the wages due to any employee on behalf of that employee without the written permission of the employee to whom the wages are due

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1. (1) Except as otherwise permitted by this Act or any other law, remuneration earned by or payable to an employee shall be paid directly to the employee.
2. (2) No deduction shall be made from the wages of an employee with a view to ensuring a direct or indirect payment to his or her employer or the employer's representative or to any intermediary for the purpose of obtaining or retaining employment.
3. (3) All employers shall be required to provide employees with the equipment, tools and material necessary for that employee to perform his or her duties, and shall not require that employee to pay the employer, or any other person, for the equipment, tools or material.

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1. (1) The following deductions from remuneration due to an employee are permitted-
2. (a) an amount in respect of any tax, rate, subscription or contribution imposed by law; (b) where the employee has previously given his or her written consent to a deduction being made, the deduction being in respect of any amount representing a contribution to any provident or pension fund or scheme established or maintained by the employer or some other person;
3. (3) The attachment of wages by operation of law shall be permitted, but any such attachment shall not be more than two-thirds of all remuneration due in respect of that pay period.

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1. (1) Without prejudice to any other liability for a breach of the provisions of this Part, an employer who acts in contravention of the provisions of this Part is liable to repay any remuneration wrongfully withheld or wrongfully deducted from the employee. (2) A request for repayment by an employee under this Part- (a) shall be made to a labour officer; and (b) shall be made not later than six years after the allegedly unlawful deduction has been made.

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1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, on the bankruptcy or winding-up of an employer's business, the claim of an employee or those claiming on his or her behalf, wages and other payments to which he or she is entitled under this Act, shall have priority over all other claims which have accrued in respect of the twenty-six weeks immediately preceding the date on which the declaration of bankruptcy or winding-up is made

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1. (1) In this section, the expression "union dues" means any
2. (a) to deduct from the wages of his or her employees who are members of the labour union such sums specified as union dues in the notice, and such deductions shall be made at the periods specified in the notice; and
3. (b) to pay to the labour union the sums deducted in accordance with this section.
4. (3) Where an employer to whom a notice has been given under subsection (2) refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of the notice, he or she shall be liable to pay to the labour union a sum equal to three percent of the total amount of the deduction for each month during which the sums are not paid to the union, the outstanding in addition to the union dues.

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1. (1) Every employee shall receive with each payment of his or her wages an itemised pay statement from his or her employer, in writing, in a form and language which the employee may reasonably be expected to understand, which shall set out-
2. (a) the amount of every deduction from his or her wages due at the end of that particular pay period;
3. (b) the amount of every deduction from his or her wages during that pay period and the purpose for which each such
4. (c) the employee's net wages payable at the end of that pay period. (2) Where an employer fails to provide a pay statement as required by this section, or fails to provide a statement that is accurate, an employee shall have the right of complaint to a labour officer.
5. (3) A labour officer, following a complaint made under this section shall have the power to issue one or more written statements which shall take the place of any pay statements the employer has failed to issue, or amend any inaccuracies in any pay statement issued in respect of which a complaint has been made.
6. (4) A labour officer shall have the power to order the employer to pay to the employee the aggregate of any deductions from the employee's wages made by the employer in a manner that was not in accordance with an accurate pay statement.
7. (5) Any written statement issued by the labour officer in place of or in amendment of the employee's pay statement shall, for all purposes be regarded as if it had been duly issued by the employer in accordance with subsection (1).

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An employee shall not be required to work for an employer for more than six consecutive days without a day's rest, which shall be taken on any day which is customary or as shall be agreed between the parties.
2. (2) The Minister may by regulations exclude from the operation of this section- Act 6 Employment Act 2006
3. (a) persons holding high managerial positions; and
4. (b) persons working in family establishments employing not more than five dependent relatives.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where an employee is employed on a contract under which wages are calculated by reference to a period of one week or more, a deduction shall not be made from his or her wages on account of his or her not working, or not attending at his or her place of work, on the weekly rest day.
2. (2) Wages payable under a contract of employment- (a) shall be assumed to be in respect of a forty eight-hour week in the absence of an agreement to the contrary and; (b) in the absence of a written agreement to the contrary, hours worked in excess of forty eight hours in any one week shall be regarded as "overtime hours" for the purposes of this Part.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), in all establishments, the maximum working hours for employees shall be forty eight hours per week.
2. (2) The employer and the employee may agree that the maximum working hours per week shall not be less than forty eight hours.
3. (3) Subject to subsection (4), an employer and employee may, agree that the normal working hours in a week shall be more than forty eight hours.
4. (4) Hours of work shall not, except as provided in subsection (5), exceed ten hours per day or fifty six hours per week.
5. (7) The Minister may, after consultation with the Labour Advisory Board, and subject to the provisions of this section and section 54, regulate the maximum number of hours per week including overtime work, which may be worked in any industry or occupation and may, by order, provide for temporary exceptions in extraordinary situations where the public interest so requires.
6. (8) Where hours in excess of eight hours per day or forty eight hours per week are worked, they shall, in the absence of a written agreement to the contrary, be remunerated at the minimum rate of one and a half times of the normal hourly rate if the overtime is on the normal working days, and at two times the hourly rate where the overtime is worked on gazetted public holidays.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section- (a) an employee shall, once in very calendar year, be entitled to a holiday with full pay at the rate of seven days in respect of each period of a continuous four months' service, to be taken at such time during such calendar year as may be agreed between the parties; and (b) an employee shall be entitled to a day's holiday with full pay on every public holiday during his or her employment or, where he or she works for his or her employer on a public holiday, to a day's holiday with full pay at the expense of the employer
2. (4) This section shall apply only to employees-
3. (a) who have performed continuous service for their employer for a minimum period of six months;
4. (b) who normally work under a contract of service for sixteen hours a week or more.
5. (5) An employee is entitled to receive, upon termination of employment, a holiday with pay proportionate to the length of service for which he or she has not received such a holiday, or compensation in lieu of the holiday.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An employee who has completed not less than one month's continuous service with an employer and who is incapable of work because of sickness or injury is entitled to sick pay as follows-
2. (a) for the first month's absence from work he or she is entitled to full wages and every other benefit whether for his or her family or himself or herself stipulated in the contract of service; and
3. (b) if at the expiration of the second month the sickness of the employee still continues, the employer is entitled to Act 6 Employment Act 2006 terminate the contract of service on complying with all the terms of the contract of service up to the time of termination of employment.
4. (2) For the employee to be entitled to sick pay as referred to in subsection (1), the employee shall- (a) notify or cause to be notified as soon as is reasonably practicable, his or her employer of his or her absence and the reason for it; and
5. (b) produce, if requested by his or her employer and at intervals of not less than one week, a written certificate signed by a qualified medical practitioner certifying his or her incapacity for work and duration of the incapacity.
6. (3) The employer may require that the certificate referred to in subsection (2)(b) be obtained from a qualified medical practitioner other than the company medical practitioner except that, in such a case the employer is responsible for any fees and transport costs payable in connection with the issuing of the certificate.
7. (4) This section applies to employees who are normally employed for at least sixteen hours a week.
8. (5) This section shall not derogate from any persons rights under the Workers Compensation Act.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) A female employee shall, as a consequence of pregnancy, have the right to a period of sixty working days leave from work on full wages hereafter referred to as "maternity leave", of which at least four weeks shall follow the childbirth or miscarriage.
2. (2) A female employee who becomes pregnant shall have the right to return, to the job which she held immediately before her
3. (3) In the event of sickness arising out of pregnancy or confinement, affecting either the mother or the baby, and making the mother's return to work inadvisable, the right to return mentioned in subsection (2) shall be available within eight weeks after the date of childbirth or miscarriage.
4. (4) A female employee is entitled to the rights mentioned in subsections (1), (2) and (3) if she gives not less than seven days' notice in advance or a shorter period as may be reasonable in the circumstances, of her intention to return to work.
5. (5) The notices referred to in subsection (4) shall be in writing if the employer so requests.
6. (6) A female employee who seeks to exercise any of the rights mentioned in this section shall, if requested by the employer, produce a certificate as to her medical condition from a qualified medical practitioner or midwife.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) A male employee shall, immediately after the delivery or miscarriage of a wife, have the right to a period of four working days' leave from work yearly herein referred to as paternity leave. (2) An employee referred to in subsection (1) shall be entitled to the payment of his full wages during the said paternity leave. (3) A male employee shall, after the paternity leave, have the right to return to the job which he held immediately before his paternity leave.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. Act 6 Employment Act 2006 (1) A contract of service shall not be terminated by an employer unless he or she gives notice to the employee, except- (a) where the contract of employment is terminated summarily in accordance with section 69; or (b) where the reason for termination, is attainment of retirement age. (2) The notice referred to in this section shall be in writing, and shall be in a form and language that the employee to whom it relates can reasonably be expected to understand. (3) The notice required to be given by an employer or employee under this section shall be- (a) not less than two weeks, where the employee has been employed for a period of more than six months but less than one year; (b) not less than one month, where the employee has been employed for a period of more than twelve months, but less than five years; (c) not less than two months, where the employee has been employed for period of five ,but less than ten years; and (d) not less than three months where the service is ten years or more. (4) Where the pay period by reference to which the employee is paid his or her wages is longer than the period of notice to which the employee would be entitled under sub section (3), the employee is entitled to notice equivalent to that pay period. (5) Any agreement between the parties to exclude the operation of this section shall be of no effect, but this shall not prevent an employee accepting payment in lieu of notice. (6) Any outstanding period of annual leave to which an employee is entitled on the termination of the employee's employment shall not be included in any period of notice which the employee is entitled to under this section.
2. Act 6 Employment Act 2006 (7) During the notice period provided for in subsection (3), the employee shall be given at least one-half day off per week for the purpose of seeking new employment.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An employee is entitled to receive from his or her employer notice in writing of the following particulars of employment- (a) the full names and addresses of the parties to the contract of service; (b) the date on which employment under the contract began, specifying the date from which the employee's period of continuous service for the purposes of this Act shall commence; (c) the title of the job that the employee is employed to do; (d) the place where the employee's duties are to be performed; (e) the wages which the employee is entitled to receive or the means by which they can be calculated, and in either case, the intervals at which they will be paid, and the deductions or other conditions to which they shall be subject; (f) the rate of any overtime pay applicable to the employee; (g) the employee's normal hours of work and the shifts or days of the week on which such work is to be performed; (h) the number of days' annual leave to which the employee is entitled and his or her entitlement to wages during such leave;
2. (i) the terms or conditions relating to incapacity for work due to sickness or injury, including any provision for sick pay;
3. (j) the length of notice in excess of that provided by this Act required for lawful termination of the contract by the employer or employee; and
4. (k) the terms or conditions relating to incapacity for work due to Act 6 Employment Act 2006 sickness or injury, including any provisions for sick pay.
5. (2) For any or all of the information required by subsection (1), the employer may, in writing, refer the employee to a document which is reasonably accessible to the employee during working hours at the place of work which contains the relevant information in a form and in a language that the employee can reasonably be expected to understand. (3) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be given by the employer to the employee not later than twelve weeks after the date on which employment commences. (4) Where there has been an agreed change affecting any of the matters referred to in subsection (1), the employer shall issue a written notice to the employee of the change. (5) An employer shall retain a copy of the written particulars issued under subsection (1), and of any changes in them and shall produce the copy on demand, to a labour officer.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. Where there is any dispute between an employer and employee concerning the terms and conditions of employment (a) the written particulars referred to in section 59, together with any notice of change, shall be admissible evidence of the existence of the terms and conditions about which there is a dispute; and (b) there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the terms and conditions of employment are accurately stated in the written particulars and in any notified changes.

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1. (1) On the termination of a contract of service an employer, if so requested by the employee, shall provide the employee with a certificate indicating- (a) the names and addresses of the employer and employee;
2. (b) the nature of the employer's business;
3. (c) the length of the employee's period of continuous employment with the employer; (d) the capacity in which the employee was employed prior to termination; (e) the wages payable at the date of termination of the contract; and (f) where the employee so requests, the reason or reasons for the termination of the employee's employment. (2) The certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall not contain any judgment on or evaluation of the employee's work, but where it is requested by the employee, the employer may provide it in a separate document. (3) The certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall, so far as is practicable, be written in a language the employee may reasonably be expected to understand.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Sections 62 to 64 shall apply where an employer imposes a disciplinary penalty, other than dismissal, on an employee because of neglect, failure or alleged failure on the part of an employee to carry out his or her duties under his or her contract of service. (2) "Disciplinary penalty" for the purposes of this Part include- (a) a written warning; (b) reprimand; and (c) suspension from work. (3) An employer is entitled to impose a disciplinary penalty only where it is reasonable to do so in the particular circumstances and what is reasonable shall be decided by considering- (a) the nature of the neglect, failure or alleged failure on the part

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Whenever an employer is conducting an inquiry which he or she has reason to believe may reveal a cause for dismissal of an employee, the employer may suspend that employee with half pay.
2. (2) Any suspension under subsection (1) shall not exceed four weeks or the duration of the inquiry, whichever is the shorter.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where an employee believes that an employer was not justified in imposing a disciplinary penalty on him or her, or in imposing a suspension with half pay, the employee may, within a period of four weeks after the imposition of the penalty or suspension, make a written or oral complaint to a labour officer.
2. (2) Where a complaint under this section has been made to a labour officer, the officer shall-
3. (a) investigate the circumstances leading to the imposition of the disciplinary penalty, and in the course of these investigations he or she shall consult any Labour Union, if any, established in the business in which the employee is
4. (3) Where a complaint under this section has been made, a labour officer shall, except where the employer has withdrawn the disciplinary penalty imposed or has paid the employee for the period of the suspension, decide whether it was reasonable for the employer to impose the disciplinary penalty or the suspension with half pay. (4) The labour officer shall communicate his or her decision under subsection (4), including the reasons for that decision in writing to the employer and to the employee.
5. (5) Where a labour officer decides that the imposition of a disciplinary penalty or the suspension with half pay was unreasonable, the labour officer may make an order- (a) that the original penalty be revoked; (b) that the original penalty be revoked and be replaced by another specified lesser penalty; or (c) that the employer pay to the employee the wages which would otherwise have been due for the period of suspension with half pay.
6. (6) Where in an order by the labour officer under subsection (5), the penalty has been revoked, no reference to the penalty shall appear in the employee's personal record but where the penalty has been reduced, only the lesser penalty shall be noted in the record.
7. (7) The Minister may, by regulations provide that this section shall apply only to disciplinary fines in excess of a specified sum, and to periods of suspension in excess of a specified duration.
8. (8) The right of an employee to make a complaint under this section shall be without prejudice to any right an employee may enjoy

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Termination shall be deemed to take place in the following instances-
2. (a) where the contract of service is ended by the employer with notice; (b) where the contract of service, being a contract for a fixed term or task, ends with the expiry of the specified term or the completion of the specified task and is not renewed within a period of one week from the date of expiry on the same terms or terms not less favourable to the employee; (c) where the contract of service is ended by the employee with or without notice, as a consequence of unreasonable conduct on the part of the employer towards the employee; and (d) where the contract of service is ended by the employee, in circumstances where the employee has received notice of termination of the contract of service from the employer, but before the expiry of the notice.
3. (2) The date of termination shall, unless the contrary is stated, be deemed to be- (a) in the circumstances governed by subsection (1)(a), the date of expiry of the notice given; (b) in the circumstances governed by subsection (1)(b),the date of expiry of the fixed term or completion of the task; (c) in the circumstances governed by subsection (1)(c) or subsection (1)(d), the date when the employee ceases to work for the employer; and (d) in the circumstances when an employee attains normal retirement age.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, an employer shall, before reaching a decision to dismiss an employee, on the grounds of misconduct or poor performance, explain to the employee, in a language the employee may be reasonably expected to understand, the reason for which the employer is considering dismissal and the employee is entitled to have another person of his or her choice present during this explanation. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, an employer shall, before reaching any decision to dismiss an employee, hear and consider any representations which the employee on the grounds of misconduct or poor performance, and the person ,if any chosen by the employee under subsection (1) may make.
2. (3) The employer shall give the employee and the person, if any, chosen under subsection (1) a reasonable time within which to prepare the representations referred to in subsection (2).
3. (4) Irrespective of whether any dismissal which is a summary dismissal is justified, or whether the dismissal of the employee is fair, an employer who fails to comply with this section is liable to pay the employee a sum equivalent to four weeks' net pay.
4. (5) A complaint alleging a failure on the part of the employer to comply with this section may be joined with any complaint alleging unjustified summary dismissal or unfair dismissal, and may be made to a labour officer by an employee who has been dismissed, and the labour officer shall have power to order payment of the sum mentioned in subsection (4) in addition to making an order in respect of any other award or decision reached in respect of the dismissal.
5. (6) A complaint under subsection (5) shall be made within three months after the date of dismissal.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Section 66 does not apply where a dismissal brings to an end a probationary contract.
2. (2) The maximum length of a probationary period is six months, but it may be extended for a further period of not more than six months with the agreement of the employee. (3) An employer shall not employ an employee under a probationary contract on more than one occasion. (4) A contract for a probationary period may be terminated by either party by giving not less than fourteen days' notice of termination, or by payment, by the employer to the employee, of seven days' wages in lieu of notice.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) In any claim arising out of termination the employer shall prove the reason or reasons for the dismissal, and where the employer fails to do so, the dismissal shall be deemed to have been unfair within the meaning of section 71.
2. (2) The reason or reasons for dismissal shall be matters, which the employer, at the time of dismissal, genuinely believed to exist and which caused him or her to dismiss the employee.
3. (3) In deciding whether an employer has satisfied this section, the contents of a certificate such as is referred to in section 61 informing the employee of the reasons for termination of employment shall be taken into account.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Summary termination shall take place when an employer terminates the service of an employee without notice or with less notice than that to which the employee is entitled by any statutory provision or contractual term.
2. (2) Subject to this section, no employer has the right to terminate a contract of service without notice or with less notice than that to which the employee is entitled by any statutory provision or contractual term.
3. (3) An employer is entitled to dismiss summarily, and the dismissal shall be termed justified, where the employee has, by his or her conduct indicated that he or she has fundamentally broken his or her obligations arising under the contract of service.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where an employee complains that he or she has been summarily dismissed without justification, he or she may, within six months after the date of dismissal, present a complaint to a labour officer who shall seek to settle the matter in the first instance by mediation. (2) A labour officer, presented with a claim under this section, shall decide whether the dismissal was justified in the circumstances, having regard to section 75 and to the Code of Discipline set out in Schedule 1.
2. (3) Where a labour officer decides that a summary dismissal was unjustified, he or she shall inform the parties of the decision and shall order the employer to pay- (a) the net wages which the employee would have earned had he or she been given the period of notice to which he or she was entitled under this Act or under his or her contract of service; (b) where the dismissal ends the contract before the completion of any service upon which the employee's wages become due, the proportion of the wages due for the period of time for which the employee has worked; and (c) any other losses consequent upon the dismissal and arising
3. (4) The right of the employee to present a complaint under this section shall be in addition to his or her right of complaint of unfair dismissal and any other infringement of his or her statutory rights.
4. (5) The right of an employee to make a complaint under this section shall be in addition to any right an employee may enjoy under an agreement between the employer or group of employers and a labour union. (6) For any complaint of unfair dismissal, the burden of proving that a dismissal has occurred rests on the employee, and the burden of justifying the grounds for the dismissal rests on the employer.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An employee who has been continuously employed by his or her employer for at least thirteen weeks immediately before the date of termination, shall have the right to complain that he or she has been unfairly terminated. (2) A complaint made under this section shall be made to a labour officer within three months of the date of dismissal, or such later period as the employee shall show to be just and equitable in the circumstances. (3) No complaint under this section may be made by an employee whose services have been terminated or who has been dismissed under a probationary contract. (4) The right of an employee to make a complaint under this section shall be in addition to any right an employee may enjoy under an agreement between an employer or group of employers and a labour union. (5) If court finds that a dismissal is unfair, the court may- (a) order the employer to reinstate the employee;
2. (b) order the employer to pay compensation to the employee. (6) The court shall require the employer to reinstate or reemploy the employee unless- (a) the employee does not wish to be reinstated or re-employed; (b) the circumstances surrounding the dismissal are such that a continued employment relationship would be intolerable; (c) it is not reasonably practicable for the employer to reinstate or re-employ the employee; or (d) the dismissal is unfair only because the employer did not follow a proper procedure.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) In any complaint made under sections 64, 70 and 71 a party may be represented by an advocate in the proceedings before a labour officer, and a party may also be assisted by or represented by any official of a Labour Union or any official of an employers organisation. (2) Substantive justice shall be administered without undue regard to technicalities.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) A termination shall be unfair for the purposes of this Part where- (a) the termination is for any of the reasons specified in section 75; or (b) it is found out that in all the circumstances of the case, the employer did not act in accordance with justice and equity in terminating the employee from service. (2) In deciding whether it was just and equitable for an employer to terminate the services of an employee, a labour officer shall consider- (a) Code of Discipline set out in Schedule 1, Act 6 Employment Act 2006 (b) the procedures adopted by the employer in reaching the decision to dismiss the employee, the communication of that decision to the employee and the handling of any appeal against the decision; (c) the conduct and capability of the employee up to the date of termination; (d) the extent to which the employer has complied with any statutory requirement connected with the termination, including the issuing of a certificate under section 61 and the procedural requirements set out in section 66; and (e) the previous practice of the employer in dealing with the type of circumstances which led to the termination.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. a complaint made under section 70 is well founded, a labour officer shall consult the other employees, if any, in the business in which the employee was employed

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1. The following shall not constitute fair reasons for dismissal or for the imposition of a disciplinary penalty (a) a female employee's pregnancy, or any reason connected with her pregnancy; (b) the fact that an employee took, or proposed to take, any leave to which he or she was entitled under the law or a contract; (c) an employee's membership or proposed membership of a labour union; (d) participation or proposed participation in the activities of a labour union outside working hours or, with the consent of the employer, within working hours; (e) an employee's seeking of office as, or acting or having acted in the capacity of, an officer of a labour union or a
2. Act 6 Employment Act 2006 workers' representative; (f) an employee's refusal or proposed refusal to join or withdraw from a labour union; (g) an employee's race, colour, sex, religion, political opinion or affiliation, national extraction, nationality, social origin marital status, HIV status or disability; (h) an employee's initiation or proposed initiation of a complaint or other legal proceedings against his or her employer, except where the conduct is, in the opinion of the labour officer, wholly irresponsible and without foundation; and (i) an employee's temporary absence from work for any period up to three months on reliable grounds, including illness or injury.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) The organisation or intended organisation of a strike or other form of industrial action shall not constitute a fair reason for dismissal or the imposition of a disciplinary penalty where the strike or other industrial action is lawful. (2) The participation or intended participation of an employee in a strike or other form of industrial action shall not constitute a fair reason for dismissal or for the imposition of a disciplinary penalty where the strike or other industrial action is lawful.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where a labour officer decides that an employee's complaint of unfair termination under section 71 is well founded, the labour officer shall, subject to subsections(2) and(3) give the employee an award or awards of compensation specified in section 78.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An order of compensation to an employee who has been unfairly terminated shall, in all cases, include a basic compensatory order for four weeks' wages.
2. (2) An order of compensation to an employee whose services have been unfairly terminated may include additional compensation at the discretion of the labour officer, which shall be calculated taking into account the following- (a) the employee's length of service with the employer; (b) the reasonable expectation of the employee as to the length of time for which his or her employment with that employer might have continued but for the termination; (c) the opportunities available to the employee for securing comparable or suitable employment with another employer; (d) the value of any severance allowance to which an employee is entitled under Part IX; (e) the right to press claims for any unpaid wages, expenses or other claims owing to the employee; (f) any expenses reasonably incurred by the employee as a consequence of the termination; (g) any conduct of the employee which, to any extent caused or contributed to the termination; (h) any failure by the employee to reasonably mitigate the losses attributable to the unjustified termination; and (i) any compensation, including ex gratia payments, in respect of termination of employment paid by the employer and received by the employee. (3) The maximum amount of additional compensation which may be awarded under subsection (2) shall be three month's wages of the dismissed employee, and the minimum shall be one month's wages.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. this Part, a week's wages shall be calculated as follows (a) where an employee's wages are the same for each pay
2. Act 6 Employment Act 2006 period, a week's wages shall be the amount paid or payable to the employee in respect of a full working week under his or her contract of service as it applied immediately before the date of dismissal; (b) where an employee's wages under his or her contract of service vary from one pay period to another according to the amount of work done by the employee during that period,a week's wages shall be the average wage received or payable in respect of a full working week by the employee, and the average wage shall be calculated by reference to the thirteen weeks of employment immediately preceding the date of dismissal. (c) where an employee's wages under his or her contract of service vary from one pay period to another according to the total number of hours which he or she works during a particular pay period, a week's wages shall be the wages received or payable by the employee for a working week of an average length which shall be calculated by reference to the average number of hours worked in each week by the employee during the thirteen weeks of employment immediately preceding the date of dismissal.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, an agreement between an employer and employee stating that no complaint in respect of a termination shall lie to a labour officer, or where a complaint made under sections 64 or 70 shall not be considered, an agreement made between the employer and employee shall (a) be in writing; (b) be signed by the employer and the employee; and (c) contain the written statement of a labour officer to the effect that the terms of the agreement are fair and reasonable in the circumstances, and that the employee's entitlements under

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where an employer contemplates terminations of not less than ten employees over a period of not more than three months for reasons of an economic, technological, structural or similar nature, he or she shall-
2. (a) provide the representatives of the labour union, if any, that represent the employees in the undertaking with relevant information, and in good time which shall be a period of at least four weeks before the first of the terminations shall take effect, except where the employer can show that it was not reasonably practicable to comply with such a time-limit having regard to the reasons for the terminations contemplated, the number and categories of workers likely to be affected and the period over which the terminations shall be carried out, and the information in paragraph (a) shall include the names of the representatives of the Labour Union if any that represent the employees in the undertaking;
3. (b) notify the Commissioner in writing of the reasons for the terminations, the number and categories of workers likely to be affected and the period over which the terminations are intended to be carried out.
4. (2) An employer who acts in breach of this section commits an offence.

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1. begin from and include the first day on which an employee begins to work for an employer and shall continue up to and include the last day on which that work shall be Act 6 Employment Act 2006 completed.

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1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, "continuous service" means an employee's period of uninterrupted service with the same employer.
2. (2) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the service of an employee with an employer shall be continuous, whether or not the employee remains in the same job.
3. (3) Any week or part of a week in which an employee is employed for sixteen hours or more shall count in calculation as a period of continuous service. (4) Consecutive periods of employment with two successive employers where the successor has taken over the business of the former employer as receiver, liquidator, personal representative, or heir, or upon transfer of the whole or part of the business shall be deemed to constitute a single period of continuous service with the successor.

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1. (1) An employee's continuous service shall not be regarded as broken where an employee is absent from work- (a) due to his or her taking annual leave, study or education leave, maternity leave or sick leave in accordance with this Act or the provisions of an agreement or his or her contract of service; (b) due to his or her suspension ,with or without pay, in accordance with this Act or the provisions of an agreement or his or her contract of service;
2. (c) due to having been temporarily laid off by his or her employer; (d) due to a strike, lock-out or other industrial action in which he
3. (f) in accordance with the agreement of his or her employer.
4. (2) Any period of time elapsing in a situation referred to in subsection (1) shall count for the purposes of calculating the length of continuous service.

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1. (1) The following periods shall not break the continuity of service and shall count for the purposes of calculating the length of continuous service- (a) any period during which the employee is absent from work because of his or her participation in a strike or other industrial action; and (b) any interval between an employee's two periods of employment with the same employer where the employer has agreed that, in consideration of the employee refunding or agreeing to refund any severance allowance and other terminal benefits received, service shall be regarded as continuous.

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1. (1) Where an employee is engaged in an occupation in which it is customary to employ some workers only at a certain season or time of the year, and that employee is employed in successive seasons, the employee shall be deemed to have been continuously employed for the aggregate of all the time he or she has actually performed work for the same employer in successive seasons. (2) For the purpose of this section, "employed" means employed under a contract of service for a minimum of sixteen hours per week.

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1. Subject to this Act, an employer shall pay severance allowance where an employee has been in his or her continuous service for a period of six months or more and where any of the following situations apply (a) the employee is unfairly dismissed by the employer; (b) the employee dies in the service of his or her employer, otherwise than by an act occasioned by his or her own serious and wilful misconduct; (c) the employee terminates his or her contract because of physical incapacity not occasioned by his or her own serious and wilful misconduct; (d) the contract is terminated by reason of the death or insolvency of the employer; (e) the contract is terminated by a labour officer following the inability or refusal of the employer to pay wages under section 31; or (f) such other circumstances as the Minister may ,by regulations, provide.

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1. (1) No severance allowance shall be paid in circumstances where an employee- (a) is summarily dismissed with justification; (b) is dismissed by the employer and unreasonably refuses to accept an offer of re-employment by the employer at the same place of work, under no less favourable terms and wage rate than he or she was employed at immediately prior to the dismissal; or Act 6 Employment Act 2006 (c) abandons his or her employment, or absconds from his or her place of work without leave for a period of more than three days without any explanation being provided to the employer.
2. (2) No severance allowance shall be paid where-
3. (a) the employer is a partnership and the employee's employment ceases on the dissolution of the partnership, and the employee either enters the employment of one or more of such partners immediately after such dissolution or the employee is offered, and unreasonably refuses employment on less favourable terms by one or more of such partners;
4. (b) the employee's employer dies, and the employee either enters the employment of the personal representative, widow, widower, or any heir of the deceased employer or immediately after such death, he or she is offered, and unreasonably refuses employment on less favourable terms by any such person or persons; or (c) the contract which is terminated is a probationary contract.
5. (3) Where an employee accepts employment in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2)(a), there shall be no break in continuity of service and the new employer or employers shall assume responsibility for all rights, including severance allowance of the employee arising in connection with his or her period of employment with his or her former employer or employers.

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1. calculation of severance pay shall be negotiable between the employer and the workers or the labour union that represents them

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1. (1) Any gratuity, bonus, or pay other than what is provided for in this Act paid by an employer to an employee on the cessation of Act 6 Employment Act 2006 his or her employment shall be taken into account in the calculation of any severance allowance, and the amount of the gratuity, bonus, or any other similar payment shall be deducted from any severance allowance which is due.
2. (2) Subject to this section, the right to a severance allowance shall be in addition to any other rights enjoyed by an employee in relation to his or her employer, and shall be subject to the same rights of set-off or compensation or counterclaim as are available against wages or any other remuneration due under a contract of service.

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1. (1) Where severance allowance is payable to an employee, it shall be paid on the cessation of employment or on the grant of any leave of absence pending the cessation of employment, whichever occurs earlier. (2)Where severance allowance is payable in respect of a deceased employee, it shall be paid to the surviving spouse of the employee within thirty days of the employer being informed of the employee's death or, where there is no spouse, such other adult, dependent relative or guardian of a minor dependent relative as the labour officer may decide.

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1. (1) An employer who is liable to pay severance allowance and who wilfully and without good cause fails to pay the allowance in the manner and within the time provided under this Act commits an offence. (2) An employer who commits an offence under this section shall pay a fine calculated at two times the amount of severance allowance payable, and the fine shall be payable to the same person and in the same way as the severance allowance is payable.

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1. shall have the right to organise themselves in any labour union and may (a) assist in the running of the labour union; (b) bargain collectively through a representative of their own choosing; (c) engage in other lawful activities for the purposes of collective bargaining or any other mutual aid practice; and (d) withdraw their labour and take industrial action.

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1. of association An employer shall not (a) interfere with, restrain or coerce an employee in the exercise of his or her rights guaranteed under this Act; (b) interfere with the formation of a labour union or with the administration of a registered organisation; (c) discriminate in regard to the hire, tenure or any terms or conditions of employment in order to discourage membership in a labour union; (d) discharge an employee on account of his or her lawful involvement or proposed lawful involvement in the activities of a labour union, including his or her

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