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Section 6 of The Labour Relations Act 2007: Employer's right to freedom of association

    

(1) Every employer has the right to―
(a) participate in forming an employers’ organisation or a federation of employers organisation; and
(b) subject to its constitution, join an employers organisation or a federation of employers’ organisations.
(2) Every member of an employers’ organisation has the right, subject to the constitution of that employers’ organisation to―
(a) participate in its lawful activities;
(b) participate in the election of any of its office bearers or officials; and
(c) stand for election or seek for appointment as an office bearer or official and, if elected or appointed, to hold office.
(3) Every employer, whether or not that employer is a member of an employers’ organisation that is a member of a federation of employers organisations, has the right, subject to the constitution of that federation to -
(a) participate in its lawful activities;
(b) participate in the election of any of its office bearers or officials;
(c) stand for election and be eligible for appointment as an office bearer or official; and
(d) stand for election or seek appointment as an office bearer and if elected or appointed to hold office.
(4) An employer that is a juristic person may exercise the right to stand for election and hold office in an employer’s organisation or federation of employers organisation through a representative.

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