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If there are allegations that the conditions of
work have not been observed, is there a time limit within which the employee
can take any action?
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The employee can forward his/her claim, which
must be supported by documents, to the Department of Industrial and
Employment Relations which will investigate and take the necessary steps.
Criminal action can only be instituted by the Department within a
prescriptive period of one year. This does not prejudice the employee’s right
to institute civil action against the employer according to civil law.
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What remedies are available to an employee who
alleges a breach in his/her conditions of employment?
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• The employee can seek the assistance of the
Department of Industrial and Employment Relations who will investigate the
case, including instituting criminal action against the employer if the case
so requires.
• The employee as a private individual can
institute action within the civil court.
• In case of alleged unfair dismissal,
discriminatory treatment, breach of the principle of equal pay for work of
equal value, victimization, harassment and all the cases which refer to the
Industrial Tribunal, the employee as a private individual can institute
action before the Industrial Tribunal.
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