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MWI-2021-L-112666
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Employment (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act No. 17 of 2021).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Malawi
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions; Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
2021-10-07
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Act makes the following amendments:
- section 3, amendment of some of the definitions
- section 4, replacement of the section with a new section concerning 'Prohibition against unlawful labour', which includes forced and tenancy labour;
- section 5, extends the grounds for non-discrimination;
- section 45, criteria for paid leave;
- addition of new section 46A concerning special work conditions for pregnant or breastfeeding women;
- amendment to section 47;
- addition of a new section 47A concerning paternity leave;
- addition of a new section 50A concerning deduction of wages for participation in a strike; and
- amendment to section 51.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
2000-05-14 (MWI-2000-L-58791)
Employment Act 1999 (No. 6 of 2000) (Cap. 55:02).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Malawi Legal Information Institute (MalawiLII)
URL
https://malawilii.org/legislation
File
MWI112666.pdf (PDF)