Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452)

Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452), article 34

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34. (1) Saving as otherwise prescribed by this Act, the conditions of employment in a fixed term contract shall not be less favourable than those which woul d have been applicable had the same contract of employment at t he same place of work been for an indefinite time, unless different treatment is justified on obj ective grounds: Provided that this article shall not apply to contracts of employees on initial vocational training and, or, on apprentice ship schemes. (2) Any employee on a fixed te rm contract of service whose EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [ CAP. 452. 25 contract has expired and is reta ined by his employer shall be deemed to be retained on an inde finite period contract if the s aid employee is not given a new contr act of service within the firs t twelve working days following th e expiry of the previous contra ct. (3) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, make regulations to - (a) give better effect to the prin ciple of non-discrimination between employees on fixed-term contracts and employees on indefinite contracts; (b) establish the circumstances when, for objective reasons, conditions in fixed term contracts may be different from conditions in indefinite contracts; (c) generally to regulate any ma tter relating to fixed-term contracts. Rights of employees to minimum information.

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