LABOUR ACT [Chapter 28:01] (as amended) LABOUR ACT [CHAPTER 28:01] A NOTE ON AMENDMENTS UP TO MAY 2003 The 1996 Revised Edition of the Statutes came into operation on the 10th June 1996. Since that date the Labour Relations Act [Chapter 28:01] has been amended by only two Acts:• Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 22 of 2001), with effect from the 20th May, 2002 • Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2002 (No. 17 of 2002), with effect from the 7th March 2003 and has, by the latter Act, been renamed the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01]. This re-issue of the Act incorporates all amendments made by those Acts. The following table lists the provisions of the Act affected by the amendments. After the table is reproduced the text of section 47 (savings and transitional provisions of Act No. 17 of 2002). TABLE OF AMENDMENTS In this table "Amended 44/17/2002" in the second column ("How affected") signifies that the provision affected (the one listed in the first column) was amended by section 44 of Act No. 17 of 2002. And so on. In listing the amendments made by the Criminal Penalties Amendment Act an attempt has been made to indicate the penalties previously applicable. "Minor amendments: 45/17/2002" signifies that the provision affected was amended by section 45 of, as read with the Schedule to, Act No. 17 of 2002; the Schedule lists the minor amendments consequential on the major changes made by the Act, including the abolition of the Labour Relations Board, the replacement of the Labour Relations Tribunal by the Labour Court, the abolition of the concept of certification of a trade union or employers organisation, the adoption of the term labour officer in place of labour relations officer, etc . Provision affected How affected Long title Amended 44/17/2002 (deletion of references to certification and employment boards; and substitution of reference to Labour Court for references to Labour Relations Board and Labour Relations Tribunal). 1 Substituted 2/17/2002 (short title changed from "Labour Relations Act" to "Labour Act". 2 Definitions inserted 3/17/2002: assessor, casual work, check-off scheme, designated agent, disciplined force, dispute of interest, dispute of right, employment code, equal remuneration, HIV/AIDS status, Labour Court, prescribed, retrench, Retrenchment Board, seasonal work, technical or vocational education, technical or vocational institution, work of equal value. Definitions substituted 3/17/2002: employee, employer, employment agency, labour officer (in place of labour relations officer), member, Minister. Definitions repealed 3/17/2002: certified, Chairman, code, Deputy Chairman, employment board, Tribunal. Definition amended 3/17/2002: managerial employee. Minor amendments: 45/17/2002 – definitions of appropriate authority and Registrar. 2A Inserted 4/17/2002. 3 Substituted 5/17/2002. 4(1)(c) Minor amendments: 45/17/2002. Re-issue - 48 - 1st May 2003-