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Prohibition against Termination

An employer shall not terminate the services of an employee on any of the following grounds:

1. Trade union membership or participation in trade union activities outside working hours or, with the consent of the employer, within working hours.

2. Seeking office as, or acting as the capacity of, an employee representative.

3. Making a complaint or participating in proceedings against an employer involving an alleged violation of laws and regulation.

4. Race, colour, sex, marital status, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, nationality or social origin.

5. Reasonable absence from work due to family emergencies or responsibilities.

6. Absence from work during maternity leave as certified by a medical practitioner.

7. Absence from work due to injury or illness provided that the employee submits a medical certificate to his employer by the third day of absence.

8. Absence from work in the performance of jury service as required by law.

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The Department of Labour in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation launched a Pilot Project in June 2013 to implement HIV and AIDS Workplace Policies at the Enterprise Level. The Pilot Project ran from 1st July to 13th December 2013 and involved the following private sector enterprises: Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Courts St. Vincent Ltd. CWSA, ECGC, GECCU, LIME, Mustique Company, NIS, St. Vincent Planned Parenthood Association, VINLEC, and ST. Vincent Employers Federation.

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Over the last six months the Department of Labour has been engaged in a pilot project to implement workplace policies on HIV and AIDS at the enterprise level. The Project which was funded by the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the International Labour Organisation was launched on 18^th June 2013.

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