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| Name: | Industrial and Labour Relations (Amendment) Act, 1997 (No. 30 of 1997). |
| Country: | Zambia |
| Subject(s): | Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1997-12-18 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Official Gazette, Acts, 1997, pp. 271-294 |
| ISN: | ZMB-1997-L-48575 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=48575&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Official Gazette, Acts, 1997, pp. 271-294 |
| Abstract/Citation: | Substantially amends the Industrial and Labour Relations Act, 1993. Replaces and expands s. 5 which provides for the right to join a trade union and perform union-related activities, and protection from dismissal due to participation in trade union activities. Also repeals and replaces, inter alia, ss. 7 and 9 (trade union registration and application to register as a trade union); s. 11 (trade union constitutions); s. 17 (right of a trade union to join a trade union federation); s. 20 (process against officers of trade unions where there is reasonable cause to believe that there has been a misuse of funds). Also repeals and replaces s. 40 (application for registration of employers' organizations); s. 42 (constitutions of employers' organizations); s. 66 (collective bargaining); and s. 78 (effect of a strike or lock-out on collective agreements). |
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