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BRB-1955-L-51904
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Title_of_text
Wages Council Act (Ch. 362)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Barbados
Subjects (Classification)
Wages
Adopted on (Date of text)
1955-10-14
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides for the establishment of Wages Councils. Furnishes the Minister responsible for Labour with the power to establish wages councils. Makes explicit the procedures on the applications for wages council orders, references to a commission of enquiry, the making of a wages council order, and the variation and revocation of a wages council order. Establishes regulations on the constitution, officers and proceedings of wages councils and of commissions of enquiry. Makes explicit procedures on the effect and enforcement of wages regulation orders as well as the computation of remuneration. Makes it an offence to give false information or to disclose information given before a wages council and sets the penalties for such offences. Includes miscellaneous regulations and regulations on expenses.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1955-10-14
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1959-02-25 (BRB-1959-R-51908)
Wages Council (Conditions of Office) Regulations, 1959 (L.N. 30)
Implementing text(s)
1959-02-25 (BRB-1959-R-51909)
The Wages Council (Commission of Enquiry) (Meetings and Procedure) Regulations, 1959 (L.N. 31)
Implementing text(s)
1959-02-25 (BRB-1959-R-51910)
The Wages Council (Notices) Regulations, 1959 (L.N. 32)
Implementing text(s)
1959-02-25 (BRB-1959-R-51911)
The Wages Council (Meetings and Procedure) Regulations, 1959 (L.N. 33)
Implementing text(s)
1959-08-14 (BRB-1959-R-51912)
The Wages Council (Notices) (No. 2) Regulations, 1959 (L.N. 147)
Implementing text(s)
1989-03-20 (BRB-1989-R-51913)
The Wages Regulation (Shop Assistants) Order, 1989 (S.I. 1989 No.. 27)
Implementing text(s)
1964-02-29 (BRB-1964-R-51914)
The Wages Regulation (Employees in the Manufacture of Shirts and Garments) Order, 1964 (L.N. 44)
Implementing text(s)
1984-12-17 (BRB-1984-R-51915)
The Wages Regulation (Shop Assistants) Order, 1984 (S.I. 1984 No. 187)
Implementing text(s)
1973-08-22 (BRB-1973-R-51916)
The Wages Council (Shops) (Amendment) Order, 1973 (S.I. 1973 No. 134)
Implementing text(s)
1958-02-11 (BRB-1958-L-51917)
The Wages Council (Shirt and Garment) Order, 1958 (L.N. 14)
Implementing text(s)
1958-06-16 (BRB-1958-R-51918)
Wages Council (Shops) Order, 1958 (L.N. 57)
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1969-12-13 (BRB-1969-L-17761)
Wages Council (Amendment) Act. No. 61
Amending text(s)
1972-02-15 (BRB-1972-L-51902)
Wages Council (Amendment) Act. 1972
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Caribbean Community Secretariat
Publisher
CARICOM Legislative Drafting Facility
URL
http://www.caricomlaw.org/docs/Wage%20Councils.pdf
Serial region
Serial title
The Laws of Barbados, Chapter 362 (L.R.O. 1978)
Page range
pp. 3-25