Grenada > Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services

Grenada - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Employment Act, No. 14 of 1999 (Cap. 89). -

Adoption: 1999-07-02 | GRD-1999-L-53925

Establishes the Department of Labour and the Labour Advisory Board. Part IV sets forth fundamental principles, prohibiting forced labour and discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, national extraction, social origin, religion, political opinion, sex, marital status, family responsibilities, age or disability. Provides for equal pay for equal work (s. 27) and remedies for infringements of rights. Part V covers employment contracts, which shall include three types: contracts for a specific task, contracts for a specific time period, or contracts for unspecified time. Contracts drawn up for specific periods of time or taks shall be considered contracts for an unspecified period of time if the nature of the work is part of the normal and permanent activity of the undertaking. The Act also covers protection and regulation of wages, leave, maternity leave, discipline, and termination of employment. An attached Schedule sets forth conditions regarding employment contracts. Repeals the Employers and Employees Act (Cap. 89), Department of Labour Act (Cap. 80), Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act (Cap. 90), Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Act (Cap. 157), Maternity Leave Act (Cap. 187), Shop (Hours) Act, (Cap. 304), and the Wages Council Act (Cap. 334).

Grenada - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Recruiting of Workers Regulations, 1941. -

Adoption: 1941-10-14 | GRD-1941-R-68704

Deals with various aspects of recruitment of workers. Inter alia makes provision for welfare of population to be considered before granting permission to recruit labour, family of recruited worker, grouping of workers under ethnical conditions, employment of juveniles, information to be supplied to workers of conditions of employment, period of contract, transport facilities to be provided, and some related matters.

Grenada - Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services - Law, Act

Recruiting of Workers Act, 1939 (Cap. 277). -

Adoption: 1939-08-12 | GRD-1939-L-68703

Regulates various aspects of recruitment of workers. Inter alia makes provision for obligation of persons who recruit to be licensed, recruitment of person under age of 18, examination of workers, expenses of workers, return of workers to their homes, duty of shipping agents, duty of master of ship, power to search ship, and some related matters.