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

Employment and Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act No. 13 of 2017).

Adoption: 2017-02-23 | KIR-2017-L-109012

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

Employment and Industrial Relations Code 2015 (No. of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015 | Date of entry into force: 2016 | KIR-2015-L-102530

A Code to make provision for the regulation of employment contracts, industrial relations and the settlement of employment disputes and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

The objective of the Employment and Industrial Relations Code Act is to provide for the regulation of employment contracts, industrial relations and for the settlement of employment disputes. The Act repeals the:
a. Employment Ordinance 1977,
b. Industrial Relations Code 1988 and the
c. Trade Union and Employer Organisations Act.

The Act aims to modernise employment practices to keep pace with changing labour market needs and aspirations in Kiribati. This includes providing a framework that enables businesses to grow in the context of providing decent work. It is also intended to enable progressive compliance with following International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions which have been ratified by Kiribati:-

- Forced Labour Convention 1930
- Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
- Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
- Equal Remuneration Convention
- Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
- Minimum Age Convention
- Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention

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

Kiribati Chamber of Commerce and Industry Act 2013 (No. 19 of 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-12-30 | KIR-2013-L-98636

The main purpose of the Act is to establish the Kiribati Chamber of Commerce and Industry bestowing its legal recognition as being the representative of the National Private Sector in Kiribati and the Employer's Organisation in Kiribati recognized under the International Labour Organisation.

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

Industrial Relations (Strike Ballots) Regulations.

Adoption: 1979-11-07 | KIR-1979-R-5284

Issued under the Industrial Relations Code (Cap. 45).

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

Trade Unions Ordinance, (Cap. 97) -

Adoption: 1946-04-01 | KIR-1946-R-69665

Comprehensive regulations concerning, inter alia, the establishment, registration, administration and dissolution of trade unions, and trade disputes.