(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.
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In force from 14 August 1992
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