Employment Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Contracts of Apprenticeship
34. Retention of apprentices after expiry of contracts
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If any person to whom an apprentice has been apprenticed retains him in his service after the agreed period of apprenticeship has expired without any arrangement between them for the payment of salary, the apprentice shall be entitled to recover from him salary at the current rate payable for services similar to that performed by such apprentice.
apprentice
“apprentice” means any person who has contracted to serve an employer and to learn and to be taught any business, trade, manufacture, undertaking, calling or employment in which employees are employed;
Terms defined in s 2
apprentice
Defined · s 2“apprentice” means any person who has contracted to serve an employer and to learn and to be taught any business, trade, manufacture, undertaking, calling or employment in which employees are employed;
salary
Defined · s 2“salary” means all remuneration including allowances payable to an employee in respect of work done under his contract of service, but does not include — (a) the value of any accommodation or the supply of any food, fuel, electricity, water or medical attendance, or of any amenity or service excluded by order of the Minister published in the Gazette; (b) any contribution paid by the employer on his own account to any pension fund or provident fund; (c) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession; (d) any sum paid to the employee to reimburse him for special expenses incurred by him in the course of his employment; (e) any gratuity payable on discharge or retirement; and (f) any retrenchment benefit payable on retrenchment;
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