Section 6Part 2 — Basic Terms of Employment
Contract of employment
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Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in this Law, every employer shall enter into a written contract of employment with each employee and the contract shall contain all the terms of his employment but need not specify terms that are part of the contract as a matter of law.
For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that where the contract does not contain a provision that is required as a matter of law, the contract is deemed to contain the minimum standard prescribed by law.
The contract referred to in subsection (1) shall be in accordance with Form 1 of the Schedule to this Law and —
shall also contain such other terms as may be prescribed pursuant to section 91;
may contain such additional terms, not in abrogation of the minimum standards required as a matter of law, as the parties may wish to include.
An employer shall ensure that within the first seven days of employment at least two originals of the contract of employment are signed and one of them is furnished to the employee.
Each employer shall make arrangements regarding pension, workers' compensation and health insurance coverage to such extent as may be provided in any law relating to the same.
Whenever there is a change of circumstances that renders the contract at variance with the changed circumstances, the employer shall forthwith notify the employee and the two shall agree on new terms.
An employer who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence.
The Governor shall make regulations for the payment of admission-of-guilt fines for employees who violate this section and other matters relating to the same.
Referenced By
- Section 1 — Short title and commencement
workers' compensation