Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452)

Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452), article 67

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67. (1) The holder of an office i n the public service declared by the Prime Minister to be an office the holder whereof may no t be a member of a trade union in respect of which he may be require d to represent or advise the Gove rnment in industrial relations w ith the union or unions representing its employees, shall not becom e, and if he is shall cease to be, a member of that trade union; a nd the provisions of this sub-article shall be an implied term of his terms of service with the Government. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-article (3), in respect of a person employed in such managerial or executive post, in any corporation or other body established by law or in any company or other partnership or in any other body having a distinct legal personality (hereinafter referred to as a "corporate employer") , as will require the holder of that position to represent or advise the corporate employer in its relations with the union or unions representing its other employees or any part thereof, it shall be an implied term of the contract of employment of such person that he shall not, while occupying such p osition, be a member of any of the trade unions aforesaid. (3) Sub-article (2) shall appl y only to such posts, being: (a) not more than three in the case of a corporate employer employing not more than two hundred persons; (b) not more than seven in the case of a corporate employer employing more than two hundred employees, as such employer shall have indi cated in writing to the trade u nion of which the holder of the sai d posts may not be a member. Trade union membership in disciplined forces. Added by: IV . 2015.19.

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