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Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Essential Services Arbitration (Amendment of Schedule) Order (No. 21 of 2012).

Adoption: 2012-04-16 | GUY-2012-R-90135

Amends the Schedule to the Essential Services Arbitration Act by inserting, immediately below paragraph 10, the following as paragraph 11 -
"11. Any service provided by the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation and the Berbice Bridge Company Inc. related to the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the Berbice River Bridge, respectively."

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 2010 (Cap. 7:05) (No. 24 of 2010). -

Adoption: 2010-10-21 | GUY-2010-L-99450

AN ACT to provide for the settlement of disputes by arbitration, mediation and customary arbitration, to establish an Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre and to provide for related matters.

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre is governed by a multipartite Board and includes representatives from organised labour and industry. Does not exclude employment or labour disputes from the scope of application.

Repeals the Arbitration Act, 1961 (Act 38).

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Public Utility Undertakings and Public Health Services Arbitration (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 14 of 2009).

Adoption: 2009-05-07 | GUY-2009-L-90134

Makes several amendments to the Public Utility Undertakings and Public Health Services Arbitration Act (Cap. 54:01). It amends the following:
- the long title of the Act by deleting the words "in public utility undertakings and in certain services and to prohibit strikes and lock-outs in such undertakings or services", and substitutes them with the words "in essential services and to prohibit strikes and lock-outs in such services";
- section 1(1) by replacing "Public Utility Undertakings and Public Health Services" with "Essential Services";
- Section 1(2) by replacing "those services" with "the essential services";
- Section 4 by replacing "a Public Utility and Public Health Services Arbitration Tribunal" with "an Essential Services Arbitration Tribunal";
- Section 19(1) by replacing the whole sub-section concerning offences;
- Repeals and replaces the Schedule now entitled "Essential Services" and in which all of the essential services are listed.

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Act 2009 (Act No. 1 of 2009). -

Adoption: 2009-01-08 | GUY-2009-L-102175

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Trade Union Recognition Act (Cap. 98:07). -

Adoption: 1997 | GUY-1997-L-72137

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Labour (Amendment) Act 1984 (No. 9 of 1984)

Adoption: 1984-04-06 | GUY-1984-L-458

An Act to alter the Constitution in accordance with articles 66 and 164 thereof, to amend the Labour Act, to give legal effect to certain provisions of the agreement set out in the Schedule and to provide for matters connected therewith. Amendment of the Labour Act; inserts, inter alia, a new Part VIIA (Collective Agreements), and a new section 33A (Arbitration Tribunal).

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Labour (Arbitration Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 1975 (No. 1 of 1975)

Adoption: 1975-03-19 | GUY-1975-R-55358

Amends the Labour (Arbitration Procedure) Regulations as they relate to arbitration tribunal awards.

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Labour (Amendment) Act, 1975 (no. 8 of 1975)

Adoption: 1975-03-18 | GUY-1975-L-55239

Amends the Labour Act by amending the powers of the minister responsible for labour during labour disputes.

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Essential Services Arbitration Act (Cap. 54:01) (No. 44 of 1956). (Public Utility Undertakings and Public Health Services Arbitration Act)

Adoption: 1956-11-17 | GUY-1956-L-46814

Establishes an arbitration tribunal for the settlement of disputes in public utility undertakings. Defines essential services and prohibits strikes or lock-outs in these sectors.

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Labour (Arbitration Procedure) Regulations (No. 19 of 1950).

Adoption: 1942-01-23 | GUY-1942-R-46812

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Trade Unions Act (Cap. 98:03). -

Adoption: 1921-06-18 | GUY-1921-L-46810

Provides for the basic freedom of association and action for trade unions. Trade unions shall be registered or, failing that, dissolved.

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Arbitration Act (Cap. 7:03). -

Adoption: 1916-09-02 | GUY-1916-L-105463

Guyana - Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations - Law, Act

Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act (Cap. 8:02) (No. 17 of 1893). -

Adoption: 1894-03-01 | GUY-1894-L-46807

Sets forth definitions of and punishments for criminal offences. S. 27 prohibits peaceful picketing of three of more persons in the context of a labour dispute. Sections 165-168 render prostitution illegal; men found guilty of living off the earnings of a prostitute may be liable for whipping or flogging. S. 188 contains prohibitions of Sunday labour. S. 201 prohibits intimidation of workers.