Section 9 - Duties of employers

Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act and any other enactment for the time being in force, in any contract of employment or collective agreement, the duties of an employer include the duty to

(a) provide work and appropriate raw materials, machinery, equipment and tools;

(b) pay the agreed remuneration at the time and place agreed on in the contract of employment or collective agreement or by custom without any deduction except deduction permitted by law or agreed between the employer and the worker;

(c) take all practicable steps to ensure that the worker is free from risk of personal injury or damage to his or her health during and in the course of the worker's employment or while lawfully on the employer's premises;

(d) develop the human resources by way of training and retraining of the workers;

(e) provide and ensure the operation of an adequate procedure for discipline of the workers;

(f) furnish the worker with a copy of the worker's contract of employment;

(g) keep open the channels of communication with the workers; and

(h) protect the interests of the workers.