shown that it makes reasonable provision with respect to qualifications for
service as a public officer or as a member of a disciplined force or for the
service of a local government authority or a body corporate established
directly by any law.
Industrial and Labour Relations Act
94.
Section 108 (1) of the Industrial and Labour Relations Act, Chapter 269
prohibits an employer from terminating the services of an employee or
imposing any other penalty or disadvantage on any employee on grounds
of race, sex, marital status, religion, political opinion or affiliation, tribal
extraction or social status of the employee.
95.
The Act further prescribes remedies for persons who have been
discriminated against. Section 108 (2) states:
“Any employee who has reasonable cause to believe that the employee’s services
have been terminated or that the employee has suffered any other penalty or
disadvantage, or any prospective employee who has reasonable cause to believe
that the employee has been discriminated against, on any of the grounds set out
in subsection (1) may, within thirty days of the occurrence which gives rise to
such belief, lay a complaint before the court.
Provided that the court may extend the thirty-day period for a further three
months after the date on which the complainant has exhausted the
administrative channels available to him.”
96.
Section 108(3) states that the court shall if it finds in favour of the
complainant –
(a)
grant to the complainant damages or compensation for loss of
employment; or
(b)
make an order for re-employment or re-instatement in accordance
with the gravity of the circumstances of each case.
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