Employment
Labour Act 2007 with an Industrial Tribunal and a one-month notice baseline
The Labour Act 2007 governs contracts, hours, leave, termination and collective relations. It requires written contracts for engagements over a threshold period, provides for termination on notice graded by service, and channels disputes to the Industrial Tribunal after conciliation by the Commissioner of Labour.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Commissioner of Labour conciliation; Industrial Tribunal; appeal to the High Court.
Governing law
- Labour Act, 2007 — Written contracts; graded notice; Industrial Tribunal.
- Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation Act, 1981 as amended — Pension and injury benefits.
In practice
The Labour Act 2007 replaced the 1990 Labour Act and consolidates individual and collective employment law. It requires written contracts for engagements exceeding six months, sets maximum hours with overtime premiums, provides paid annual leave and sick leave, grants maternity leave, and prohibits discrimination on listed grounds. Termination may be on notice graded by length of service or summarily for gross misconduct, and dismissal without valid reason gives rise to compensation; redundancy requires notification and severance. Collective relations are through registered trade unions, with the Act regulating recognition, collective agreements, strikes and lockouts, and requiring exhaustion of conciliation before industrial action. Disputes go first to the Commissioner of Labour for conciliation and then to the Industrial Tribunal, with appeal to the High Court. The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation administers pension and injury benefits.