Employment and Labour Acts of Malawi

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EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR ACTS OF MALAWI

1. THE LABOUR RELATIONS ACT, 1996
The Labour Relations Act covers the following:

1. Freedom of Association
2. Trade Unions and Employers’ Organizations
3. Collective bargaining and Organizational Rights
4. Dispute Settlement
5. Tripartite Labour Advisory Council
6. Industrial Relations Court
The Labour relations act promotes sound labour relations through the
protection and promotion of freedom of association, the encouragement of
effective collective bargaining and the promotion of orderly and expeditious
dispute settlement, conducive to social justice and economic development.
2. THE EMPLOYMENT ACT, 2000
The Employment Act covers the following:

1. Administration
2. Employment of Young People
3. Contracts
4. Hours of Work, Weekly Rest and Leave
5. Wages
6. Discipline and Dismissal
The Employment Act establishes, reinforces, and regulates minimum

standards of employment with the purpose of ensuring equity necessary for
enhancing industrial peace, accelerate economic growth and social Justice
and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
3. WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT,
The Workers’ Compensation Act covers the following:

1. Eligibility for Compensation in Case of Injury other than the
Contraction of a Scheduled Disease.
2. Compensation for Injury Caused otherwise than by the Contraction of
a Scheduled Disease.
3. Calculation and Distribution of Compensation
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4. Medical Aid
5. Compensation for Injury due to the Contraction of a Scheduled
Disease.
6. Procedure for Obtaining Compensation
7. Administration
8. Workers’ Compensation Fund
The Workers’ Compensation Act provides for compensation for injuries

suffered or diseases contracted by workers in the course of their employment
or for death resulting from such injuries or diseases; it provides for the
establishment and administration of a Workers’ Compensation Fund; and it
provides for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
4. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE ACT,

1997
The Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act covers the following:
1. Registration of Workplaces
2. Duties and Responsibilities
3. Health and Welfare
4. Machinery Safety
5. Health and Safety
6. Notification and Investigation of Accidents, Dangerous Occurrences
and Industrial Diseases
7. Records
8. Administration
9. Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings
The Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act makes provision for the
regulation of the conditions of employment in workplaces as regards the
safety, health and welfare of persons employed therein; for the inspection of
certain plant and machinery, and the prevention and regulation of accidents
occurring to persons employed or to go into the workplaces; and to provide
for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
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5. TECHNICAL, ENTREPRENUERIAL AND VOCATIONAL

EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT, 1999
The Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Act

covers the following:
1. The objectives of Technical Education and Training
2. The establishment of Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational
Education and Training Authority of Malawi.
3. Establishment of Board of the Authority
4. Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training
Payroll-Levy
5. Establishment of Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational
Education and Training Fund
The Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Act

provides for the promotion and co-ordination of Technical, Entrepreneurial
and Vocational Education and Training; the establishment of the Technical,
Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Authority of
Malawi; Establishment of Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational
Education and Training Fund, and the payment into the fund of periodical
contributions levied on employers and the application of the fund towards
the defraying various costs and expenses relating to technical education and
training and further to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the
foregoing.

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EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR ACTS OF MALAWI

The Labour Relations Act covers the following:

2. THE EMPLOYMENT ACT, 2000

The Employment Act covers the following:

The Employment Act establishes, reinforces, and regulates minimum

3. WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT,

The Workers’ Compensation Act covers the following:

The Workers’ Compensation Act provides for compensation for injuries

4. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE ACT,

5. TECHNICAL, ENTREPRENUERIAL AND VOCATIONAL

The Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Act

The Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Act

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