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Timestamp: 2020-02-24 08:11:27
Document Index: 791531972

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 2', 'Art. 26', 'art. 28', 'Art. 29', 'Art. 29', 'Art. 29', 'Art. 30', 'Art. 57', 'art. 13', 'art. 13', 'Art. 63', 'art. 63', 'Art. 65', 'art. 65', 'Art. 63', 'art. 63', 'art. 62', 'art. 44', 'Art. 62', 'art. 42']

New amendments to the Employment Act entered into force in May 2011.
Date: 14 May 2000 (voir dans NATLEX »)
Date: 29 Aug 2010; voir le site internet »
Date: 23 May 1996 (voir dans NATLEX »)
Date: 16 Apr 2012; voir le site internet »
Catégories de travailleurs exclues: police; armée; personnel pénitentiaire
Art. 2 (2) EA: except for those employed in a civilian capacity.
Durée maximale de la période d'essai: 12 mois
Art. 26 (1) EA: a probationary period may be included in a contract of employment in respect of a skilled worker provided it does not exceed 12 months.
Motifs autorisés de recours au CDD: raisons matérielles et objectives
No reasons specified in the LC.
However, according to art. 28 (3) LC, fixed-term contracts used to fill in on a lasting basis positions connected with the normal and permanent activity of an undertaking shall be deemed concluded for an unspecified period of time.
Motifs autorisés (licenciement justifié): conduite du travailleur; motifs économiques; capacité du travailleur
Motifs prohibés: état matrimonial; grossesse; congé de matérnité; responsabilités familiales; avoir déposé une plainte contre l'employeur; maladie ou accident professionel temporaire; race; couleur; sexe; religion; opinion politique; origine sociale; nationalité/origine nationale; affiliation et activités syndicales; handicap; langue; participation à une grève légale; propriété; naissance; origine ethnique
Art. 29(1) EA
Art. 29 (1) EA: Notice period for terminating a contract for an unspecified period of time varies between 1 day and one month depending on the frequency of pay and/or the length of service, as follows:
1) workers paid on a monthly basis: 1 month's notice;
2) workers paid on a fortnightly basis:
- 1 fortnight's notice for less than 5 years of service
- 1 month's notice for at least 5 years of service;
3) workers paid on a weekly basis:
- 1 week's notice for less than 2 years of service
- 1 fortnight's notice between 2 and less than 5 years of service
4) workers paid on a hourly basis:
- 1 day's notice for less than 6 months of service
- 1 week notice between 6 months and less than 2 years of service
- 1 month's notice for at least 5 years of service.
Art. 29 (3) EA: The minimum period of notice in respect of a contract of employment for a specified period of time shall be 14 days.
travailleur payés au mois - 1 mois.
travailleurs payés à la quinzaine - 2 semaine(s).
travailleurs payés à l'heure ou à la semaine - 1 semaine(s).
travailleurs en CDD - 14 jour(s).
travailleurs payés à la quinzaine, à la semaine ou à l'heure - 2 semaine(s).
travailleurs payés à la quinzaine, à la semaine ou à l'heure - 1 mois.
Art. 30 (2) EA
No legal definition.
No specific procedure attached to dismissal based on "operational requirements" in the LC. However specific requirements have been established by case-law.
Art. 57 (1) EA : "operational requirements of the undertaking" can constitute a valid reason for dismissing an employee.
However, there is no mention in the Labour Code to when such dismissal could be described as collective. In addition, there are no specific statutory requirements such as consultation with trade union or notification to the labour administration for dismissals concerning more than one employees.
No statutory requirements.
However, the Courts have ruled that in cases of redundancies and other mass dismissals for operational needs, the employer must comply with art. 13 and 14 of the ILO Convention 158 on consultation with the worker's representatives and notification to the administration.
(See Makande and another V Malawi Telecommunications Ltd [IRC 81/2001] Industrial Relations Court , upheld by the High Court [Civil Appeal 70/2003] and confirmed by the Supreme Court on 7 May 2007 in Malawi Telecommunication Ltd v Makande and another, [Civil Appeal 2/2006], reported in Malawi Labour Law Report, 2008, pp. 35-45.
However, the Courts have ruled that in cases of redundancies and other mass dismissals for operational needs, the employer must comply with art. 13 and 14 of the in ILO Convention 158 on consultation with the worker's representatives and notification to the administration.
Obligation de l'employeur d'examiner des solutions alternatives au licenciement (transferts, formation...): Non
The Employment Amendment Act of 2010 (effective as of May 2011) limits severance pay entitlements to economic dismissals ("termination of a contract as result of redundancy or retrenchment, or due to economic difficulties, or technical, structural or operational requirements of the employer) or unfair dismissals. Employees who are fairly dismissed (ie for a reason connected with their capacity) are no longer entitled to severance pay.
ancienneté ≥ 1 an: 0 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 2 ans: 0 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 4 ans: 0 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 5 ans: 0 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 10 ans: 0 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 20 ans: 0 semaine(s)
The Employment Amendment Act of 2010 (effective as of May 2011) limited severance pay entitlements to economic dismissals ("termination of a contract as result of redundancy or retrenchment, or due to economic difficulties, or technical, structural or operational requirements of the employer) or unfair dismissals.
The amounts of redundancy pay have also been changed by the Employment Amendment Act 2010.
The First Schedule of the EA, as amended reads as follows:
* At least 1 year and up 5 years of service: 2 weeks' wages for each completed year of service up to and including the fifth year.
* More than 5 years and up to 10 years of service: 2 weeks' wages for each completed year of service for the first five years plus 3 weeks' wages for each completed year of service from the sixth year and up to and including the tenth year.
* More than 10 years: 2 weeks' wages for each completed year of service for the first five years plus 3 weeks' wages for each completed year of service from the sixth year and up to and including the tenth year plus four weeks' wages for each completed year of service from the eleventh year onwards.
[Prior to July 2011, severance/redundancy pay was set as follows:
* From 1 and up to 10 years of service: 2 week's wages for each completed year of service
* Beyond 10 years of service: 4 weeks' wages for each completed year of service.]
ancienneté ≥ 1 an: 2 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 2 ans: 4 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 10 ans: 25 semaine(s)
ancienneté ≥ 20 ans: 65 semaine(s)
Art. 63(4) and (5) EA. The amount of compensation shall be such amount as the court considers just and equitable in the circumstances. However, statutory minimum thresholds are foreseen in art. 63 (5) of the EA.
Compensation for unfair dismissal shall not be less than:
- 1 week's pay for each year of service for a worker who has served for not more than 5 years;
- 2 weeks' pay for each year of service for a worker who has served for more than 5 and less than 10 years;
- 3 weeks' pay for each year of service for a worker who has served for more than 10 years and not more than 15 years;
- 1 month's pay for each year of service for a worker who has served for more than 15 years.
Art. 65 (5) EA.
The Act foresees an additional amount to be awarded by the Court when dismissal was based on prohibited grounds.
Note that according to art. 65 (6) EA, if an order of reinstatement or re-engagement made by the Court is not complied with by the employer, the employee is entitled to an award equivalent to 12 weeks' wages, in addition to a compensatory award.
Art. 63 (1) a) EA.
When deciding which remedy to award, the Court shall first consider the possibility of ordering reinstatement (art. 63 (2) EA).
Prior to the settlement of the dispute before the Court, the matter is lodged to a Regional/District Labour Officer before a Labour Officer for conciliation: art. 62, 64 EA and art. 44(1) LRA. This preliminary phase of extra-judicial conciliation is compulsory for the parties.
In addition, preliminary conciliation before the Registrar of the Industrial Relations Court: Rule 5 (3),(4) (5) of the Industrial Relations Court (Procedure) Rules, 1999.
Conciliation is carried out by the Registrar, if requested by the parties or if directed by the Court to do so.
Art. 62(1), 64 and 65 EA.
See also the part on dispute settlement (art. 42-45) of the Labour Relations Act, 1996
% de litiges relatifs au licenciement par raport au nombre total de litiges: 65 %
Figure calculated on the basis of the statistics provided in the Annual Report of the Industrial Relations Court of Malawi for the period between July 2007 and June 2008.
The figures represents the percentage of disputes pertaining to unfair dismissals out of the total number of disputes disputes registered by the "Principal registry" and the "Lilongwe Registry".
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