Laws

Below is a non-exhaustive list of laws, which affect employment practices in Jamaica. Click on each to view or download.

Apprenticeship Act 1955

Data Protection Act 2020

Disabilities Act 2014

Employment Agencies Regulation Act 1957

Employment (Equal Pay for Men and Women) Act 1975

Employment (Termination and Redundancy Payments) Act 1974

Factories Act 1943

To be repealed by the Occupational Safety and Health Act 2017

Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens (Employment) Act 1964

Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens (Employment) Exemptions Regulations 1964

Holidays (Public General) Act 1895

Holidays with Pay Act 1947

Holidays with Pay Order 1973

Human Employment and Resource Training Act 1982

Labour Officers (Powers) Act 1943

Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes (LRID) Act 1975

Labour Relations Code 1976 and the LRID Regulations 1975

Maternity Leave Act 1979

Minimum Wage Act 1938

National Housing Trust Act 1979

National Insurance Act 1960

National Minimum Wage (Garment-Making) Order 1974

Occupier’s Liability 1969

Pensions Act 1947

Recruiting of Workers Act 1940

Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act 2021

Shops and Offices Act 1961

Shops Regulations 1961

Subsidiary legislation

Trade Union Act 1919

Women (Employment of) Act 1942

Workmen’s Compensation Act 1938

Workmen’s Compensation Directions 1942