ACT No. V of 2009 AN ACT to amend the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, Cap. 452.

(L.S.) E dward F enech A dami

ACT No. V of 2009

AN ACT to amend the Employment and Industrial Relations

Act, Cap. 452.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

The short title of this Act is the Employment and Industrial

Relations (Amendment) Act, 2009 and this Act shall be read and

construed as one with the Employment and Industrial Relations Act,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”.

In paragraph (b) of subarticle (1) of article 26 of the principal

Act, immediately after the words “conditions of employment” there

shall be inserted the words “or dismissal”.

In subarticle (2) of article 30 of the principal Act, for

the words from “may order the payment” to “compensation to

the aggrieved party”, both expressions included, there shall be

substituted the words “shall order the payment of compensation for

loss and damage sustained by the aggrieved party as a consequence

of the breach”.

Subarticle (2) of article 81 of the principal Act shall be

amended as follows

(a) in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words “in all other

cases” there shall be substituted the words “in all other cases

other than cases alleging a breach of articles 26, 27, 28 or 29”

and for the words “in order to remedy the breach.” there shall

be substituted the words “in order to remedy the breach; and”;

and

(b) immediately after paragraph (b) thereof as amended

there shall be inserted the following new paragraph

“(c) in cases alleging a breach of articles 26, 27,

28 or 29 the provisions of subarticle (2) of article 30 shall

apply.”.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 98 of 1st April, 2009.

L ouis G alea

Speaker

P auline A bela

Clerk to the House of Representatives