Labour

Cap. 297 · Revised Edition 2020 · 209 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Appointment of officers
s. 4Duties of Labour Commissioner
s. 5Supply of information
s. 6Prohibition against publishing returns
s. 7Institution of proceedings
s. 8Officers authorised to perform inspection duties
s. 9Duties of labour inspectors
s. 10Powers of officers
s. 11Notification of presence
s. 12Credentials
s. 13Duties of employers
s. 14Manufacturing or commercial secrets not to be divulged
s. 15Officers not to have an interest in undertakings inspected
s. 16Records
s. 17Offences
s. 18Regulations
s. 19Establishment of Labour Advisory Board
s. 20Duties of Board
s. 21Chairperson of Board
s. 22Meetings of Board
s. 23Secretary to the Board and Commissioner
s. 24Procedure of the Board
s. 25Regulations
s. 26Continuous employment
s. 27Contracts to comply with Act
s. 28Offence
s. 29Application
s. 29AProbationary period
s. 30Contracts not to restrict freedom of association
s. 31Contracts of minors
s. 32Employer to provide work
s. 33Death or bankruptcy of employer
s. 34Death of a worker
s. 35Imprisonment of a worker
s. 36Circumstances in which contract may be terminated
s. 37Notice period for voluntary termination of contract
s. 38Beginning of period of notice and consequence of failure to give notice
s. 39Breach of employment where period of employment is defined
s. 40Calculation of average earnings
s. 41Termination of contract for good and sufficient cause
s. 42Unfair dismissal
s. 42AConstructive dismissal
s. 43Summary dismissal
s. 44Termination for misconduct, etc
s. 45Termination due to redundancy and Minister’s order on closure or sale or business
s. 46Disciplinary action
s. 47Termination of contract during period of worker’s incapacity
s. 48Certificate of employment
s. 49Application
s. 50Certain contracts to be in writing
s. 51Contents of contract
s. 52Attestation of contract
s. 53Medical examination
s. 54Contracts by children and young persons
s. 55Maximum duration of contracts
s. 56Transfer of contracts
s. 57Repealed
s. 58Repatriation
s. 59Exemption from repatriation
s. 60Transport on repatriation
s. 61Re-engagement contracts
s. 62Summaries of Act to be brought to the notice of workers
s. 63Extra-territorial contracts
s. 64Security by employer
s. 65Interpretation in this Part
s. 66Exemptions
s. 67Minister may prohibit recruiting
s. 68Recruiter to be licensed
s. 69Recruiters’ assistants
s. 70Power to take security
s. 71Non-adults not to be recruited
s. 72Families of recruited persons
s. 73Public officers
s. 74Worker-recruiters
s. 75Examination of workers
s. 76Return of workers
s. 77Offences
s. 78Regulations
s. 79Establishment of employment offices
s. 80Responsibility of Commissioner
s. 81Duty of employment offices
s. 82Manpower information
s. 83Advisory committees
s. 84Registration of employers and workers
s. 85Duty of employers
s. 86Employer may not carry on business unless registered
s. 87Certificates not to be used improperly
s. 88Duty of workers
s. 89Notice of registration
s. 90Unregistered workers not to be employed
s. 91Regulations
s. 92Offences
s. 93Activities involving exposure to ionising radiations
s. 94Regulations for protection against ionising radiations
s. 95Wages to be paid in legal tender
s. 96Payment of wages
s. 97Illegal conditions regarding place and manner of spending
s. 98Wages to be paid directly to worker
s. 99Worker’s right to recover
s. 100Periodicity of wage payments
s. 101Payment of wages on termination of contract
s. 102Limitation of advances
s. 103Interest on advances prohibited
s. 104Illegal advances to be irrecoverable
s. 105Deductions restricted
s. 106Certain deductions authorised
s. 107Remuneration other than wages
s. 108Deductions for obtaining or retaining employment prohibited
s. 109Saving as to judgment debts
s. 110Limitations on attachment or seizure of wages
s. 111Rates of wages to be notified by employer to worker
s. 112Exemptions
s. 113Prosecutions to be instituted within one year
s. 114Power to make Regulations
s. 115Working days
s. 116Working hours
s. 117No deduction from wages for public holidays
s. 118Overtime
s. 119Exemptions
s. 120Hours of actual work
s. 121Break in working day
s. 122Night rest
s. 123Shifts
s. 124Payment of daily workers
s. 125Application of following sections
s. 126Interpretation in this Part
s. 127Specified date, annual holiday and terms and conditions thereof
s. 128Payment in respect of holiday
s. 129Where employment terminated, employer deemed to have granted holiday on payment of average pay
s. 130Provision for holiday pay where worker is employed for more than three months and less than a period of one year
s. 131Sick leave with pay
s. 131ALeave without pay
s. 132No power to contract out
s. 133Offences
s. 134Procedure
s. 135Prosecutions to be instituted within one year of offence
s. 136Interpretation in this Part
s. 137Provisions, etc., deemed to be included in public contracts
s. 138Rates of wages and hours and conditions of work to be applied
s. 139Contractor to pay fair rates and observe reasonable conditions
s. 140Preliminary declaration of contractor
s. 141Arbitration
s. 142Keeping of records
s. 143Prohibitions
s. 144Freedom of workers to join trade unions
s. 145Certificates to accompany claims for payment
s. 146Contractor to provide information required by Commissioner
s. 147Commissioner may deduct workmen’s wages from payments due to contractor
s. 148Consequences of failure to comply with requirements
s. 149Housing, water supply and sanitation
s. 149ADuty of employer to provide drinking water and sanitary facilities
s. 150Surrounding of housing to be kept clean
s. 151Approval of place of employment and prohibition of employment of workers where arrangements are inadequate
s. 152Power to make orders
s. 153Provision of shelter from inclement weather
s. 154Burial of deceased worker or dependent
s. 155Regulations
s. 156Offences
s. 157Interpretation in this Part
s. 158Prohibition of forced labour
s. 159Application to Government
s. 160Further interpretation in this Part
s. 161Prohibition of night work
s. 162Exceptions
s. 163Register
s. 164Employment of children
s. 165Employment at sea
s. 166Register of persons under sixteen years of age
s. 167Trimmers and stokers
s. 168Employers, etc., to furnish information
s. 169Restrictions on employment of children
s. 170Regulations
s. 171Saving where employment is for entertainment for charitable or educational purposes
s. 172Penalty for employment
s. 173Liability of agent of employer
s. 174False certificate or representation as to age
s. 175Exception
s. 176Saving
s. 177Maternity leave entitlements
s. 178Prohibition on serving notice of dismissal during absence
s. 179Payments to include holidays
s. 180Payment of maternity benefit
s. 181Offence under this Part
s. 182Application to domestic servants
s. 183Severance pay to be paid
s. 184Meaning of the expression “continuously employed.”
s. 185Calculation of weekly wages
s. 186Termination on medical grounds
s. 187Medical Board
s. 188Payment in case of death of worker
s. 189Payment in other cases
s. 190Agreement to exclude any provision of this Part null and void
s. 191Regulations
s. 192Payment incapable of being assigned, etc
s. 193Penalty for non-payment
s. 194Contributory retirement schemes
s. 195Regulations regarding fair labour practices
s. 196Employer exempt where third party liable
s. 197Third party may be directly proceeded against
s. 198Proof of authority of agent
s. 199General penalty
s. 200Establishment of Tribunal
s. 201Powers and functions of the Tribunal
s. 202Independence of the Tribunal
s. 203Complaints of unfair dismissal
s. 204Standard of proof
s. 205Remedies