Labour Code 2012 - Government of Montserrat

MONTSERRATLABOUR CODE, 2012No. 20 of 2012volume of work or sales, reduced demandor surplus inventory;“severance pay” means remuneration to which anemployee whose employment is terminatedon grounds of redundancy is entitled;“ship” means any seagoing ship or boat of anydescription registered in Montserrat;“strike” means the concerted stoppage of work byemployees in contemplation or furtherance ofa trade dispute whether they are parties to thetrade dispute or not or whether the stoppage isor is not in breach of the terms and conditionsof employment and whether it is carried outduring or on the termination of theemployment, but does not include an act oromission required for the safety or health ofemployees, or refusal to work as a result;“substantially equivalent employment” meansemployment which, although not identical tothat which is the basis of comparison, requiressimilar skills, affords relatively similarprospects of progression and providesremuneration of relatively equal value;“successor employer” in relation to the employment ofa person is one who, in consequence of achange occurring in the ownership of anundertaking or in that part of the undertakingin which the person is employed, has becomethe new employer of that person;“Tribunal” means the Labour Tribunal establishedunder section 23;“wages” means any money or any other benefits,however designated or calculated, paid orcontracted to be paid, delivered or given, atperiodic intervals, as recompense, reward orremuneration for services rendered or labourdone;“worst forms of child labour” means—(a) all forms of slavery or practices similar toslavery, such as the sale and trafficking ofchildren and young persons, debt13