Index

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INDEX

abandonment of the job 315–16

abuse, prevention of 128

ad hoc tribunals 57

aging process 233

alternative employment, offers of 197–200

Anguilla: CARICOM associate member 2;

proposed Labour Code 24; belonger

status 90; employment status 104

Anthony, Kenny 119, 267

Antigua and Barbuda: Apprenticeship

system 5; contract of employment 94,

103, 114, 117; industrial action 304,

310, 317, 322, 326; Industrial Court 47,

57, 68–72, 162–3, 187, 198, 223, 226,

234–7, 240–3, 337, 373–4; Labour

Code 21, 23; Labour Commissioner 80;

polygraph testing 357; protection of

trade union offi cers 280–1; Ratifi cation

of International Treaties 33;

redundancy 178, 183, 208; summary

dismissal 163; unfair dismissal 221–3,

229, 254–5

Antoine, Rose-Marie Belle 15–16, 42, 46–7,

87, 174, 179, 214, 218, 230, 232, 252,

284, 294–5, 304, 317, 324–5, 332, 338

appeal courts and processes 46–7

arbitration: compulsory 9, 22–3, 58, 298,

327–8, 336; non-binding 80–1; private

mechanisms for 57; state-mandated

mechanisms for 327

Armour, R. 67

Augier, F.R. 5

‘automatically fair’ and ‘automatically

unfair’ dismissals 229–32

Bacchus Jnr, Rahim 12, 93, 96, 156, 158–9

‘back to work’ orders (Jamaica) 330

Bahamas, The: Code of Practice 26–8;

Collective Labour Agreements 40–1;

conciliation 80; contract of employment

94, 110–11, 119–20; damages for

wrongful dismissal 149, 152; data

protection 345–8; dispute resolution

330–2; industrial action 306–7, 323–6;

industrial tribunals 72–3; notice on

dismissal 136, 138, 142; polygraph

testing 359; redundancy 178, 182–3,

195, 201, 209; sexual harassment 370;

trade unions 279–81; unfair dismissal

219–20, 225, 229, 231, 254–9

balance of power in industrial relations 296

Barbados: constructive dismissal 167–8;

contract of employment 100, 105–6,

114–17, 133; custom and practice 38;

history of severance 178–9; industrial

action 304, 324, 328, 338; notice rule

138, 143; redundancy/severance 183–7,

191–204, 208–14; sexual harassment

372; social dialogue 14; summary

dismissal 164; trade union 280;

unemployment insurance 182; unfair

dismissal 218–20, 223–36, 239–41,

254–60; unique labour system 8–9;

voluntary recognition of trade unions

83; wrongful dismissal procedures 154,

156–60

Belize: contract of employment 111–12,

122–3; custom and practice 38; HIV

discrimination 25; mutual consent to

terminate employment contract 170;

notice 149; redundancy 179–80, 183–4,

196, 201, 219; sexual harassment 371;

trade union 279, 284; trade union

registration 87; unfair dismissal 231,

235–6; use of ILO conventions

34–5, 54

Bermuda: CARICOM associate member

2; go slow 48; notice rule136

Berridge JA 223–4

Berry, David 55

Bill of rights 128–9, 263–4

biometric data, use of 347–9

‘blacking’ 321

‘blue pencil test’ 108

Braithwaite P 312, 334

breach of contract 261, 305–6, 312–16,

320, 338; inducing of 299–300

British Virgin Islands : CARICOM

associate member 2; gross misconduct

162; HIV discrimination 25; sexual

harassment 370–1; unfair dismissal 253

Brooks JA 248–9

Bullying - workplace 366–7

‘business effi cacy’ test 123–4, 344

‘business reasons’ for dismissal 242

Byron CJ 23, 71, 80