SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS
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STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
No. of 2024
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RESOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS TO APPROVE THE LABOUR (MINIMUM WAGE) ACT (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULES) ORDER NO. 1 OF 2024
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WHEREAS it is provided by section 3(1) of the Labour (Minimum Wage) Act, Cap. 18.19, that the Minister with responsibility for Labour may, on considering the recommendations of any Advisory Committee appointed under the provisions of section 2 of the Act and with the advice of the Cabinet, make an Order prescribing the minimum rates of wages payable;
AND WHEREAS it is provided by section 3(3) of the said Act that, the Minister may, with the like advice and in like manner, revoke or vary the provisions of any previous Order;
AND WHEREAS according to section 3(4), any such rate as aforesaid or the revocation or variation of any such rate shall become effective as from the date specified in that behalf in the Order which date shall be subsequent to the date of the Order, and every such Order shall be published in the Gazette or in a newspaper, if any, in the State;
AND WHEREAS the Minister, by the Labour (Minimum Wage) Act (Amendment of Schedule) Order No. 1 of 2024, prescribed that the national minimum wage to be paid to a worker shall be ten dollars and seventy-five cents per hour with effect from 10th January 2024;
AND WHEREAS according to section 3(6), every Order made under the provisions of this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it has been made before the National Assembly and if the National Assembly resolves that the Order shall be annulled, the Order shall, after the date of that resolution, be of no effect, without prejudice to the validity of anything done in the meantime under the Order or to the making of a new one;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis that the Order of the Minister responsible for Labour prescribing that the national minimum wage to be paid to a worker shall be ten dollars and seventy-five cents per hour with effect from 10th January 2024, is hereby affirmed.
Approved by the National Assembly this 22nd day of February 2024
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TREVLYN STAPLETON
Clerk of the National Assembly
