L’ Employment Rights Act 2008 remplacé

Le Conseil des Ministre a donné son aval le 12 Juillet 2019 pour le remplacement du Employment Rights Act 2008 par une version révisée du Workers’ Rights Bill et l’Employment Relations Act qui lui sera amendé par le Employment Relations (Amendment) Bill.

Cabinet has agreed to the Employment Rights Act 2008 being repealed and replaced by a revised Workers’ Rights Bill and the Employment Relations Act being amended by the Employment Relations (Amendment) Bill. In Budget Speech 2019-2020, the
Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economic Development announced that:

(a) broad consensus has been reached among representatives of employers, trade unions and Government as regards the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund (PRGF) and that same would be introduced in the Workers’ Rights Bill to provide for computation of a gratuity that would recognise the full length of service of a worker, irrespective of the number of employers he has worked for;

(b) a Technical Committee would be set up to consider the modalities of the Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund for the implementation of the scheme; and

(c) necessary measures would be introduced to assist the SME sector.

The object of the Workers’ Rights Bill is to repeal the Employment Rights Act and replace it by a modern and comprehensive legislative framework with a view to addressing the shortcomings of the present legislation and to provide the emerging forms of work in the industrial revolution so as to promote decent work and sustainable development.

The main object of the Employment Relations (Amendment) Bill is to amend the Employment Relations Act with a view to consolidating and reinforcing industrial relations between workers, trade unions and employers through enhanced mechanism for collective bargaining, social dialogue and dispute resolution.

Both Bills would be introduced into the National Assembly shortly.