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BLZ-1959-L-64160
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Labour Act (Cap. 297).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Belize
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons; Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
1959-12-31
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Part I: Preliminary. Part II: The Labour Department. Part III: Labour Inspection. Part IV: Labour Advisory Board. Part V: Contracts of Service Generally. Part VI: Oral Contracts of Service. part VII: Written Contracts of Service. Part VIII: Recruiting. Part IX: Employment Service. Part X: Protection of Wages. Part XI: Hours of Work, Overtime and Holidays (including, inter alia, breaks, night rest, shifts and payment of daily workers). Part XII: Labour Clauses in Public Contracts (including freedom of workers to join trade unions). Part XIII: Safety, Health and Housing. Part XIV: Forced Labour. Part XV: Employment of Women and Children (also provisions on employment at sea). Part XVI: Maternity Protection. Part XVII: Domestic Servants. Part XVIII: Severance Pay Provisions. Part XIX: Miscellaneous Provisions.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1986-08-09 (BLZ-1986-R-68369)
Labour (Keeping of Records) Regulations (No. 85 of 1986).
Implementing text(s)
1960 (BLZ-1960-R-68370)
Labour (Advisory Board) Regulations (No. 30 of 1960).
Implementing text(s)
1963 (BLZ-1963-R-68371)
Labour (Recruiting of Workers) Regulations (No. 70 of 1963).
Implementing text(s)
1969 (BLZ-1969-R-68372)
Labour (Employment Offices) Order (No. 49 of 1969).
Implementing text(s)
1960 (BLZ-1960-R-68375)
Labour (Maternity Protection) Regulations (No. 34 of 1960).
Implementing text(s)
1965 (BLZ-1965-R-68376)
Labour Act (Application to Domestic Servants) Regulations (No. 7 of 1965).
Implementing text(s)
2000 (BLZ-2000-R-80822)
Labour (Agriculture, Chicle and Timber) (advances) Order (Revised Edition 2000).
Implementing text(s)
2000 (BLZ-2000-R-80823)
Labour (Registration of Employers) Order (Revised Edition 2000).
Implementing text(s)
2000 (BLZ-2000-R-80824)
Labour (Annual Holiday) (Specified Date) Order (Revised Edition 2000).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1984-05-16 (BLZ-1984-L-612)
Labour (Amendment) Act. No. 7.
Amending text(s)
1986-03-27 (BLZ-1986-L-2538)
Labour (Amendment) Act 1986. No. 11.
Amending text(s)
1989-01-31 (BLZ-1989-L-8079)
Labour (Amendment) Act, 1988. No. 31.
Amending text(s)
1988-10-12 (BLZ-1988-L-8087)
Labour (Amendment) Act, 1988. No. 19.
Amending text(s)
1979-09-20 (BLZ-1979-R-12079)
Labour (Amendment) Ordinance 1979.
Amending text(s)
2005-12-03 (BLZ-2005-L-77419)
Labour (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 42 of 2005).
Amending text(s)
2011-04-13 (BLZ-2011-L-86622)
Labour (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 3 of 2011).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Laws of Belize - Belizelaw.Org
Publisher
Government of Belize
Country
Belize
URL
http://www.belizelaw.org/web/lawadmin/
File
BLZ64160.pdf (PDF of Act (2003 rev.))
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
ILO Database of Caribbean Labour Legislation
URL
http://www.ilocarib.org.tt/projects/cariblex/belize_act5.shtml
Monograph region
Monograph title
Labour Act (Chapter 297) - The Substantive Laws of Belize
Author
Law Revision Commissionner
Publisher
Government Printer
Place of publication
Belmopan
Country
Belize
Date
2000
Edition
Revised Edition 2000
Page range
106 p.
Monograph title
Legislation and Administrative Regulations for First Reports
Country
Belize
Volume
Part I