Labour Law Act In Tanzania In Suffolk - USLF Multistate Employment Law Handbook - Guide
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The Labour Laws (Amendments) Act, 2024 seeks to amend the Employment and Labour Relations Act, the Labour Institutions Act, and the Non-Citizens (Employment Regulation) Act to enhance clarity, broaden protections and modernize provisions to better serve both employers and employees, the government says in its statement ...
The vision of the National employment Policy is to have a society engaged in sustainable decent gainful employment, capable of generating a decent income for the improvement of the quality of life and social well being for Tanzanians, and to reduce poverty as envisaged in the Tanzania Development Vision 2025, as well ...
The primary source of labor and employment law in Tanzania is the Employment and Labour Relations Act, 2004. This legislation covers topics such as employment standards, labor relations, child labor, freedom of association, and contracts.
Minimum Wages in Tanzania remained unchanged at 60000 TZS/Month in 2024 from 60000 TZS/Month in 2023. Minimum Wages in Tanzania averaged 43333.33 TZS/Month from 2013 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 60000.00 TZS/Month in 2023 and a record low of 40000.00 TZS/Month in 2014.
The law prohibits the procuring, demand and imposition of forced labour and any person who procures demands or imposes forced labour commits an offence. The penalty for someone who does these acts is fine not exceeding five million Tanzania Shillings, imprisonment for a term of one year or both fine and imprisonment.
Section 23, the most relevant one here, is entitled "Labour relations" and reads: Everyone has the right to fair labour practices. Every worker has the right to form and join a trade union; to participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union; and to strike.