S.L. 452.108 Art. 7Information to employees. S.L. 452.83

(1) In situations where the employment status of a person is deemed to be one of employment in terms of this Order, the employer shall be bound to give or send to the employee a letter of engagement or a signed statement, which shall include the information laid down in the Information to Employees Regulations, and in these cases, notwithstanding the different timeframe set out in the Information to Employees Regulations, the timeframe for delivery of the relevant document to the employee shall be:

(a) in the cases of persons rendering services who by virtue of this Order shall be considered to be employees on the date of entry into force of this Order, as soon as possible, but in any case, not later than eight weeks from the date of entry into force of this Order, and

(b) in the case referred to in article 3(2), where the person for whom the services are provided requests an exemption in terms of that same subarticle and the Director does not accede to such a request, within two weeks from the date of the Director’s refusal.

(2) If an employee does not agree with -

(a) any of the conditions of employment listed in a letter of engagement or a signed statement in accordance with this article; or

(b) the amount of wages being proposed to be given as specified in article 5(1), and leaves employment, he may institute proceedings before the Industrial Tribunal where he may claim unfair dismissal and the relevant provisions of the Act shall apply.