Trade Unions Act · s 19

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19.
Prohibition on employers and their trade union in respect of certain acts
(1) No employer or trade union of employers, and no person acting on behalf of an employer or such trade union, shall —
(a) impose any condition in a contract of employment seeking to restrain the right of a person who is a party to the contract to join a trade union, or to continue his membership in a trade union;
(b) refuse to employ any person on the ground that he is or is not a member or an officer of a trade union;
(c) discriminate against any person in regard to employment, promotion, condition of employment or working conditions, on the ground that he is or is not a member or officer of a trade union;
(d) dismiss or threaten to dismiss a worker, injure or threaten to injure him in his employment or alter or threaten to alter his position to his prejudice by reason that the worker —
(i) is or proposes to become, or seeks to persuade any other person to become, a member or officer of a trade union;
or
(ii) participates in the promotion, formation or activities of a trade union; or
(e) induce a person to refrain from becoming or to cease to be a member or officer of a trade union by conferring or offering to confer any advantage on or by procuring or offering to procure any advantage for any person.
(2) Any employer or trade union of employers, or any person acting on behalf of an employer or such trade union, who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

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s 19Prohibition on employers and their trade union in respect of certain acts

(1)

No employer or trade union of employers, and no person acting on behalf of an employer or such trade union, shall —

(a)

impose any condition in a contract of employment seeking to restrain the right of a person who is a party to the contract to join a trade union, or to continue his membership in a trade union;

(b)

refuse to employ any person on the ground that he is or is not a member or an officer of a trade union;

(c)

discriminate against any person in regard to employment, promotion, condition of employment or working conditions, on the ground that he is or is not a member or officer of a trade union;

(d)

dismiss or threaten to dismiss a worker, injure or threaten to injure him in his employment or alter or threaten to alter his position to his prejudice by reason that the worker —

(i)

is or proposes to become, or seeks to persuade any other person to become, a member or officer of a trade union;

(ii)

participates in the promotion, formation or activities of a trade union; or

(e)

induce a person to refrain from becoming or to cease to be a member or officer of a trade union by conferring or offering to confer any advantage on or by procuring or offering to procure any advantage for any person.

(2)

Any employer or trade union of employers, or any person acting on behalf of an employer or such trade union, who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

Trade Unions

Provisions of Societies Act (Chapter 203) and Companies Act