Employee Relations - Employment Laws
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Chapter 8
Employment Laws
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Employment Laws
Employment Act
Industrial RelationsAct
Trade Unions Act
Trade Dis putes Act
Work men¶s
Compensation Act Retirement Age Act
Work place Safety &
Health Act Employment of Foreign
Workers Act
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Employment Act
Ter ms & conditions
Rights & duties
Contract of service
Ter mination
Grievance
Salary: payment &
deduction
Hours of work,
working days, restdays, holidays
Leave entitlement
Retrenchment Annual wage
su pplement
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Industrial Relations Act
Rights & duties of
employers,employees
Prevent dis putes
- collective bargaining
- conciliation
- arbitration
Rights of
re presentation Granting leave to
do union work
Discriminationagainst union
mem bers
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Collective Bargaining Invitation by employer or union
Acce ptance to negotiate
Conclude within 14 days
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Collective Agreement Validity
In writing
De posit with IAC Certified by IAC
Duration
- not less than 2 years
- not more than 3 years
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Collective Agreement Contents
Can contain
- industrial matters pertaining to
- ter ms of
employment- conditions of work
Cannot negotiate:
- Promotion, transfer
- Hire, dismiss
- Retrench
- Assignment of work
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Submitting Dispute to
Arbitration By:
joint a pplication either union or employer
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IAC: Constituted by
President and 2 panel mem bers
President alone: - certification of CAs
- victimisation cases
IAC decision is final
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Trade Unions Act
Register & supervise unions
Forming a union
- 7 mem bers toregister
- rules not unlawful
- rules not againstinterests of grou p
Definition of union
- promote goodemployment relations
- improve work
conditions and status- increase productivity
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Trade Unions Act
Form or join union
Rules are not unlawful
Workers under contract of service
At least 18 years old
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Trade Unions Act
Rights & res ponsibilities
Strike: conduct secret ballot Officer of a trade union
Trustees of the union
Use of union funds
Dissolution of union
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Trade Disputes Act
Control disputes, strikes &
industrial action
Industrial action
- Restrict or delay duties - Strike: refusal to work
- Lockout: closing work place
- Picketing: placing oneself near work place
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Workmen¶s Compensation Act
Compensate injured workmen or dependants
To whom payable
When payable
Alternative to
compensation
Calculation
How to claim
Protecting right to
compensation
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Retirement Age Act
From: 1.1.99: age 62
Employers may seek exemption
A ppeal and compensation
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Work place Safety & Health Act Three Princi ples
- reduce risks at source
- require industry to take greater ownershi p
of safety outcomes
- prevent accidents
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Employment of
Foreign Workers Act
Definition of foreign worker
O bligation of employer with foreignworkers
Work per mit
Work per mit holder
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Committee on Retirement Age
Recommendations
Moderate cost of extension
Retrenchment benefit Extension beyond 60
Base-u p wage system Alternative medical scheme
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Executive Representation
IRA and TUA amended in 2002
To allow limited re presentation
for executives by a rank-and-file union
Represent individually and not as aclass
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