Section 22 of The Labour Relations Act 2007: Objects in restraint of trade not unlawful
A registered trade union, employers' organisation or federation is not an association in restraint of trade and its objects may not, by reason only that they are in restraint of trade―
(a) be deemed to be unlawful so as to render any member of the trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise; or
(b) be unlawful so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust.
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- Section 23 - Consequences of failure to register
(1) No person shall perform any act in furtherance of a trade union or employers' organisation unless that trade union or employers organisation―
(a)is registered under this Act; or
(b) an...
- Section 24 - Registered office
(1) Every trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall―
(a) have a physical office and postal address to which all communication and notices may be addressed; and
(b) give notice of its...
- Section 25 - Registration of branches
(1) A trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall apply to the Registrar to register its branches in Form F set out in the Second Schedule.
(2) An application to register a branch...
- Section 26 - Amalgamation of trade unions, employers’ organisations or federations
(1)A registered trade union, employers’ organisation or federation may amalgamate with one or more registered trade unions or employers’ organisations,
as the case may be.
(2) An amalgamation of...
- Section 27 - Change of name or constitution of trade union employers, organisation or federation
(1) A trade union, employers’ organisation or federation may resolve to―
(a) change or replace its constitution; or
(b) change its name.
(2) A registered trade union, employer’s organisation or...
- Section 28 - Cancellation or suspension of registration
(1) The Registrar shall cancel or suspend the registration of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation if―
(a) the trade union, employers organisation or federation is dissolved; or
(b)...
- Section 29 - Notice of dissolution
(1) When a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation is dissolved, the trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall give notice of the dissolution in Form O set out in the Second...
- Section 30 - Appeals against decision of Registrar
Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar made under this Act may appeal to the Industrial Court against that decision within thirty days of the decision.
- Section 31 - Officials
(1) The officials of a trade union or employers’ organisation shall be persons who are, or have been, engaged or employed in the sector for which the trade union or employers’ organisation is...
- Section 32 - Membership of minors
An employee who has not attained the age of eighteen years but appears to be above the apparent age of sixteen years may be a member of―
(a) a trade union and, unless the constitution provides...
- Section 33 - Voting members of trade union
No person shall be a voting member of –
(a) a trade union unless that person is employed in the sector for which the trade union is registered;
(b) an employers’ organisation unless that person has...
- Section 34 - Election of officials
(1) The election of officials of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall be conducted in accordance with their registered constitutions.
(2) The constitution of a trade union,...
- Section 35 - Notification of officials
(1) A trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall exhibit prominently―
(a) in its registered office, a notice giving the names of all officials and their titles;
(b) in every branch...
- Section 36 - Trustees
(1) The constitution of a trade union, employer’s organisation and federation shall provide―
(a) for the appointment or election of at least three trustees; and
(b) for the filling of any vacancy in...
- Section 37 - Property to be vested in trustees
1) All property, whether movable or immovable, of a registered trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall vest in its trustees for the use and benefit of the trade union, employer’s...
- Section 38 - Devolution of property
Upon any change in the office of any trustee, the property of a registered trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall vest in the trustees for the
time being of the union for the same...
- Section 39 - Application of funds
Subject to its rules and the provisions of this Act, the funds of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation may be used only for the following purposes -
(a) the payment of salaries,...
- Section 40 - Prohibition of payment of fines or penalties
The funds of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation shall not be used, either directly or indirectly, to pay the whole or part of a fine or penalty
imposed upon a person by sentence or...
- Section 41 - Injunction to restrain misuse of funds
(1) The Industrial Court may grant an injunction restraining unauthorized or unlawful expenditure of the funds of a trade union, employer’s organisation or federation on application by the Registrar,...
- Section 42 - Treasurer to render accounts
(1) In this section, “official” means the treasurer of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation and every other official responsible for the accounts of a trade union, employers’...
- Section 43 - Annual returns
(1) The authorised representative of a registered trade union, employers’ organisation, or federation shall furnish annually by a prescribed date to the Registrar a general statement of all receipts...
- Section 44 - Inspection of accounts and records
The accounts of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation and a list of its members shall be open to inspection by –
(a) an official or member of a trade union, employer’s organisation or...
- Section 45 - Obstructing inspection by Registrar
A person who obstructs or impedes the Registrar, or any person authorized by the Registrar, from inspecting the accounts of a trade union, employers’
organisation or federation or the list of its...
- Section 46 - Power to require detailed accounts
(1) The Registrar may, at any time, call upon the treasurer, the executive or management board by whatever name called, or any other official of a trade
union or employers’ organisation to render...
- Section 47 - Misuse of money or property of a trade union
(1) The Industrial Court may –
(a) order any person who has in his possession or control any property of a trade union, employers’ organisation or federation in violation of its rules or who has...
- Section 48 - Deduction of trade union dues
(1) In this Part, “trade union dues” means a regular subscription required to be paid to a trade union by a member of the trade union as a condition of membership.
(2) A trade union may, in the...
- Section 49 - Deduction of agency fees from unionisable employees covered by collective agreements
(1) A trade union that has concluded a collective agreement registered by the Industrial Court with an employer, group of employers or an employers’
organisation, setting terms and conditions of...
- Section 50 - General provisions applicable to deductions
(1) Any amount deducted in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall be paid into the designated trade union, or employers’ organisation account within ten days of the deduction being...
- Section 51 - Collection of levies other than trade union dues
The Minister may make regulations providing for the collection from employees and the payment to trade unions and trade union federations by employers of sums in respect of levies, subscriptions or...
- Section 52 - Direct payment of trade union dues
Nothing in this Part prevents a member of a trade union from paying any dues, levies, subscriptions or other payments authorised by the constitution of the trade union directly to the trade union
- Section 53 - Payments by members to employers’ organisations
An employers’ organisation may provide in its constitution for its members to –
(a) pay subscriptions or levies as a condition of their membership of the employers’ organisation; and
(b) to charge...
- Section 54 - Recognition of trade union by employer
(1) An employer, including an employer in the public sector, shall recognise a trade union for purposes of collective bargaining if that trade union represents the simple majority of unionisable...
- Section 55 - Election of trade union representatives
(1) Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with in a recognition agreement, a recognition agreement shall provide for trade union members in a workplace to elect from among themselves trade...
- Section 56 - Trade union access to employer’s premises
(1) Without limiting the matters that may be dealt with in a recognition agreement, a recognition agreement shall provide for an employer to grant a trade
union reasonable access to the employers...
- Section 57 - Collective agreements
(1) An employer, group of employers or an employers’ organisation that has recognised a trade union in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall conclude a collective agreement with the...
- Section 58 - Alternative dispute resolution
(1) An employer, group of employers or employers’ organisation and a trade union may conclude a collective agreement providing for―
(a) the conciliation of any category of trade disputes identified...
- Section 59 - Effect of collective agreements
(1)A collective agreement binds for the period of the agreement -
(a) the parties to the agreement;
(b) all unionisable employees employed by the employer, group of employers or members of the...
- Section 60 - Registration of collective agreement
(1) Every collective agreement shall be submitted to the Industrial Court for registration within fourteen days of its conclusion.
(2) The employer or employer’s organisation which is party to an...
- Section 61 - Terms and conditions of service in the public sector where there is no collective bargaining
(1) The Minister may, after consultations with the Board, make regulations establishing machinery for determining terms and conditions of employment for any category of employees in the public...
- Section 62 - Reporting of trade disputes to the Minister
(1) A trade dispute may be reported to the Minister in the prescribed form and manner –
(a) by or on behalf of a trade union, employer or employers' organisation that is a party to the dispute;...
- Section 63 - Respondent may file replying statement
(1) Every party to a trade dispute referred to in section 62 shall file a replying statement in the prescribed form and manner with the Minister within fourteen days of receiving a copy of the report...
- Section 64 - Interested party may file statement of interest
Any party which has an interest in any dispute may file a statement with the Minister within fourteen days of receiving a copy of the referral.
- Section 65 - Minister to appoint conciliators
(1) Within twenty-one days of a trade dispute being reported to the Minister as specified under section 62, the Minister shall appoint a conciliator to attempt to resolve the trade dispute...
- Section 66 - Persons appointed to conciliate
(1) A person appointed to conciliate a dispute under this Part shall be ―
(a) a public officer;
(b) any other person drawn from a panel of conciliators appointed by the Minister after consulting the...
- Section 67 - Conciliator’s powers to resolve dispute
(1) The conciliator or conciliation committee appointed under section 66 shall attempt to resolve the trade dispute referred to in section 65 (1) within-
(a) thirty days of the appointment; or
(b)...
- Section 68 - Dispute resolved after conciliation
(1) If a trade dispute is settled in conciliation the terms of the agreement shall be―
(a) recorded in writing; and
(b) signed by the parties and the conciliator.
(2) A signed copy of the agreement...
- Section 69 - Dispute unresolved after conciliation
A trade dispute is deemed to be unresolved after conciliation if the―
(a) conciliator issues a certificate that the dispute has not been resolved by conciliation; or
(b) thirty day period from the...
- Section 70 - Minister may appoint conciliator in public interest
(1) If the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest to prevent a dispute from arising or to resolve a dispute, the Minister may appoint a conciliator or
conciliation committee to...
- Section 71 - Committee of inquiry
The Minister may appoint a committee of inquiry to investigate any trade dispute and report to the Minister.
- Section 72 - Exercise of powers of the Minister
The Minister may delegate his powers under this Part to the Commissioner for Labour or the Chief Industrial Relations Officer.