Arrangement of Sections
Part I
General Provisions as to protection of wages, contracts of employment and terms and conditions of employment
Protection of wages
1. Manner of payment.
2. Agreement as to place and manner of spending wages illegal.
3. Wages not to be paid on certain premises.
4. Advances.
5. Deductions (including deductions for over-payment of wages).
6. Authority of employer to open shop.
7. Written particulars of terms of employment.
8. Medical examination.
9. Contracts: general.
10. Transfer to other employment.
11. Termination of contracts by notice.
12. Common employment not a defence.
13. Hours of work and overtime.
14. Provision of transport.
15. Periodicity of payment of wages.
16. Sick leave.
17. Duty of employer to provide work.
18. Annual holidays with pay.
19. Calculation of leave pay and sickness benefits.
20. Redundancy.
21. Offences.
22. Exemptions.
PART II
Recruiting
Recruiters and recruiting generally
23. Prohibition of recruiting except under permit or licence.
24. Employer's permit.
25. Recruiter's licence.
26. Restrictions on recruiting.
27. Recruiting: miscellaneous provisions.
28. Health.
29. Transport.
30. Expenses and maintenance.
31. Repatriation.
32. Capitation fee.
33. Procedural requirements.
34. Right to be accompanied by family.
35. Deferment of wages.
36. Power of prohibition.
37. International agreements.
38. Duration of contract and return passages.
39. Procedure prior to leaving Nigeria.
40. Special terms and conditions of contract.
41. Surrender of permits.
42. Embarkation check.
43. Exemption from customs on repatriation.
44. Right to be accompanied by family at employer's expense.
45. Inducing recruiting by fraud, etc.
46. Neglect or ill-treatment.
47. Other offences.
Application
48. Application.
Part III
Special Classes Of Worker And Miscellaneous Special Provisions
49. Contracts of apprenticeship.
50. Attestation.
51. Retention of apprentice after expiry of contract.
52. Regulations.
53. Offences. General.
54. Maternity protection
55. Night work.
56. Underground work.
57. Regulations.
58. Offences.
59. General.
60. Night work.
61. Shipping.
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