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TTO-1985-L-2182
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Retrenchment and Severance Benefits Act (Cap. 88:13).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Trinidad and Tobago
Subjects (Classification)
Employment security, termination of employment
Adopted on (Date of text)
1985-11-27
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Act prescribes the procedure to be followed by employers in the event of the redundancy of five or more workers, including consultations with the trade union and procedures for the settlement of disputes. It also provides for entitlement to redundancy compensation in the absence of collective bargaining provisions to that effect, or where such provisions prove to be insufficient. In certain matters it refers to the Industrial Relations Act, published in the Legislative Series (LS 1982 - Trin. 1). Entry into force 1986-01-02 (see Legal Notice No. 1, 1986-01-02, Trinidad and Tobago Gazette, Supplement, Part B, Vol. 25, No. 3).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ministry of Attorney General and Legal Affairs
Country
Trinidad and Tobago
URL
http://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/
File
TTO2182.pdf (PDF of unofficial consolidated version to 31/12/2015)
Serial region
Serial title
Trinidad and Tobago Gazette, Legal Supplement
Date
1985-12-05
Number
No. 335
Page range
pp. 279-289