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ZMB-1965-L-56996
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Employment Act, Cap. 268 (No. 57 of 1965)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Zambia
Subjects (Classification)
Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
1965
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to provide legislation relating to the employment of persons; to make provision for the engagement of persons on contracts of service and to provide for the form of and enforcement of contracts of service; to make provision for the appointment of officers of the Labour Department and for the conferring of powers on such officers and upon medical officers; to make provision for the protection of wages of employees; to provide for the control of employment agencies; and to provide for matters incidental to and consequential upon the foregoing.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1970 (ZMB-1970-R-107970)
Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (Exemption) Order (SI 343 of 1970).
Implementing text(s)
1968 (ZMB-1968-R-107971)
Paid Public Holidays (SI 425 of 1968).
Implementing text(s)
1966 (ZMB-1966-R-107972)
Employment Regulations (SI 370 of 1966).
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2019-04-11 (ZMB-2019-L-108714)
Employment Code Act, 2019 (Act No. 3 of 2019).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1966 (ZMB-1966-L-65447)
Employment (Special Provisions) Act, Cap. 270 (No. 29 of 1966)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
The Laws of Zambia
Author
Vol. 15, 1996 Edition (Revised)
Publisher
Parliament of Zambia
URL
http://www.parliament.gov.zm/downloads/VOLUME%2015.pdf
Page range
pp. 426-461
Electronic source title
Act On-line (as amended to 1997)
Author
MAC Recruitment Services
URL
http://www.mac.co.zm/employment_act.htm
File
ZMB56996.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Laws of Zambia, Blackhall Publishing
URL
http://zambialaws.com
File
ZMB56996 2017.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act No. 20 of 2017)