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An Act to establish minimum standard hours of
working and vacation with pay for employees; to
provide for the grant of maternity and family leave; to
provide for redundancy payments to employees; to
make provisions relating to notices to terminate
contracts of employment; to make provisions relating to
summary dismissal and unfair dismissal; to make
provisions in respect of the employment of children and
young persons; to make provisions in respect of the
wages of employees; to make provisions relating to
fingerprinting and lie detector tests; and for connected
purposes.
An Act to provide for the registration and control of
trade unions; for the recognition of trade unions by
employers; for the registration of certain Industrial
Agreements; for the establishment of an Industrial Tribunal
and the regulation of trade disputes; for the repeal of certain
parts of the Trade Union and Industrial Conciliation Act;
and for other matters connected with or incidental to the
aforesaid purposes.
