ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
PART I-PRELIMINARY
1.
Citation and commencement
2. Application
3. Interpretation
PART 11 - FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
4.
Prohibition against forced labour
5. Anti-discrimination
6. Equalpay
7. Remedies for infringement of fundamental rights
PART
111-ADMINISTRATION
8.
The Labour Commissioner and labour officers
9. Powers of labour officers
10. Labour officer
to notify employer of his presence
11. Free access
and assistance to a labour officer
12. Prohibition
against victimization
13. Prohibition
against revealing secret information
14. Prohibition
against conflict of interest
15. Assistance
to small enterprises
16. Reports
17. Annual general
report
18. Content
of the annual general report
19. Identity
card
20. Obstruction,
etc., of labour officers
PART
IV - EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS
21. Prohibition
against child labour
22. Hazardous
work
23. Register
of young persons
24. Offences
against this Part
PART
V - CONTRACTS
25. Types of
contracts
26. Probationary
period
27. Particulars
of employment
28. Termination
of contracts
29. Notice of
termination of contracts
30. Payment
in lieu of notice
31. Certificate
of termination
32. Transfer
of contract
33. Death of
employer
34. Insolvency
of employer
35. Severance
allowance
PART VI - HOURS OF WORK, WEEKLY REST AND LEAVE
36. Normal working
hours, weekly rest, etc.
37. Maximum
daily working hours
38. Exemption
39. Overtime
40. Payment
for working on public holiday
41. Continuous
employment
42. Successor
employer
43. Seasonal
employment
44. Annual leave
45. Date of leave
46. Sick leave
47. Maternity leave
48. Right to return
49. Termination related
to pregnancy
PART VII - WAGES
50. Payment of wages
51. Pay statement
and record keeping
52. Prohibition related
to payment of remuneration
53. Payment of remuneration
on termination
54. Setting of minimum
wages
55. No abatement of
minimum wages
PART
VIII - DISCIPLINE AND DISIMISSAL
56. Disciplinary action
57. Justification
for dismissal
58. Unfair dismissal
59. Summary dismissal
60. Constructive dismissal
61. Proof of reason
for dismissal
62. Complaints of
unfair dismissal
63. Remedies
for unfair dismissal
PART IX-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
64. Disputes
and complaints
65. Handling
of complaints
66. Offences
and penalties
67. Regulations
68. Repeals
and savings
69. Transitional
An Act to establish, reinforce and regulate minimum standards of employment
with the
purpose of ensuring equity necessary for enhancing industrial peace,
accelerated economic
growth and social justice and for matters connected therewith and incidental
thereto
ENACTED by the Parliament of Malawi as follows-
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