SECTION 30

(1) Employers shall be prohibited from imposing fines. (2) The only disciplinary penalty entailing loss of wages which an employer may inflict shall be suspension from work with loss of benefits. (3) Suspension from work shall be null and void unless the following conditions have been met simultaneously ; • (a) that it shall be for a maximum period of eight working days as from the time the penalty is inflicted ; • (b) that the worker shall be notified in writing of the suspension and the reasons therefor. • (c) the the Labour Inspector of the area shall be informed of the suspension within forty-eight hours. Where the reasons for the suspension are found to be insufficient by the court, the worker against whom the suspension was pronounced shall be paid a compensatory allowance corresponding to the lost wages, and where applicable, damages, if he adduces proof that as a result of the suspension, he suffered further damages, in addition to his lost wages.