The document summarizes the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007 which amends the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code in the following ways:
1) It inserts a new section C 20A to allow the Minister to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of Part 2 of Division C.
2) It amends section J 13(2) related to negotiating fees by repealing and replacing provisions regarding deducting fees from non-union members and limits on deductions by employers.
3) It received assent from the Governor-General on October 8, 2007 after being passed by the House of Representatives and Senate.
The document summarizes the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007 which amends the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code in the following ways:
1) It inserts a new section C 20A to allow the Minister to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of Part 2 of Division C.
2) It amends section J 13(2) related to negotiating fees by repealing and replacing provisions regarding deducting fees from non-union members and limits on deductions by employers.
3) It received assent from the Governor-General on October 8, 2007 after being passed by the House of Representatives and Senate.
The document summarizes the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007 which amends the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code in the following ways:
1) It inserts a new section C 20A to allow the Minister to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of Part 2 of Division C.
2) It amends section J 13(2) related to negotiating fees by repealing and replacing provisions regarding deducting fees from non-union members and limits on deductions by employers.
3) It received assent from the Governor-General on October 8, 2007 after being passed by the House of Representatives and Senate.
The document summarizes the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007 which amends the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code in the following ways:
1) It inserts a new section C 20A to allow the Minister to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of Part 2 of Division C.
2) It amends section J 13(2) related to negotiating fees by repealing and replacing provisions regarding deducting fees from non-union members and limits on deductions by employers.
3) It received assent from the Governor-General on October 8, 2007 after being passed by the House of Representatives and Senate.
THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LABOUR CODE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007
No. 7 of 2007
[ Printed in the Official Gazette Vol. XXVII No.73
dated 25th October, 2007. ]
________ Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, by Eric T. Bennett, Government Printer — By Authority, 2007. 800—10.07 [ Price$2.25 ] The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007. No. 7 of 2007 No. 7 of 2007 The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007.
THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LABOUR CODE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007
ARRANGEMENT Sections
1. Short title.
2. Amendment of Part 2 of Division C
3. Amendment of Section J 13 (2)
The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007. No. 7 of 2007
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LABOUR CODE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007
No. 7 of 2007
AN ACT to amend the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code cap. 27 and for incidental and connected purposes.
ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows:
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007.
2. Amendment of Part 2 of Division C
Part 2 of Division C of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code is amended by inserting after section C20 the following—
“C 20A Regulations
The Minister may issue regulations for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Part.”
3. Amendment of Section J 13 (2)
Section J 13 (2) of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code is amended —
(a) by the repeal of the proviso in paragraph (a) and the substitution of the following —
“Provided that where an employee becomes or having become remains a member in good standing of the certified trade union no such fee shall be deducted by the employer”; (a) by the repeal of subparagraph (b)(i) and the substitution of the following subpara- graph—
“(2) (b)(i) The negotiating fee referred to in paragraph (2)(a) shall, in the case of a worker who is not a union member, in the bargaining unit, be equal to the membership dues of the certified trade union;”
(c) by the repeal of subparagraph (b)(ii) and the substitution of the following subparagraph—
“(2) (b)(ii) This section shall apply notwithstanding any other law which limits deductions by employers or other persons in respect of wages or other remuneration payable to employees.” No. 7 of 2007 The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2007.
I Assent, Louise Lake-Tack, Governor-General.
8th October, 2007.
Passed by the House of Representatives on Passed by the Senate on this 15th day this 24th day of July, 2007. of August, 2007.
D. Giselle Isaac-Arrindell, Hazlyn M. Francis,
Speaker. President.
Yvonne Henry, Yvonne Henry,
Clerk to the House of Representatives. Clerk to the Senate.
