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3. Premature retirement

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(1)

Any employer who employs fifteen or more workers shall not retire any worker other than the workers specified in Schedule II, and any worker engaged in any trade or occupation as shall be prescribed by regulation, from time to time, in keeping with the nature of the work until such worker attains the minimum retirement age:

Provided that, any employer may prematurely retire any worker in terms of the provisions of the contract of service or the collective agreement on following grounds:-

(a)

where any registered medical practitioner registered under the Medical Ordinance (Chapter 105) has certified that a worker is permanently incapacitate of engaging in work due to some sickness;

(b)

where the service of a worker has been terminated as a result of any disciplinary inquiry and the decision of such termination has not been revised by law;

(c)

upon closure or the destruction of an establishment due to any natural cause; or

(d)

with the prior written approval of the Commissioner-General under the provisions of the Termination of

Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) Act,

No. 45 of 1971.

(2)

The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to any employer who has employed fifteen workers or less than that on an average within the twelve months period prior to the retirement of any worker.

(3)

Any worker who wishes on his own to vacate his job prior to the minimum retirement age may on his own do so.

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Part III

Administration of the Act and Powers of the Commissioner-General

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Part IV

Offences and Penalties

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Schedules