Part I of the Labour Act in Nigeria. General provisions as to protection of wages, contracts of employment and terms and conditions of employment

• Protection of wages

• Section 1. Manner of payment
• Section 2. Agreement as to place and manner of spending wages illegal
• Section 3. Wages not to be paid on certain premises
• Section 4. Advances
• Section 5. Deductions (including deductions for over-payment of wages)
• Section 6. Authority of employer to open shop

• Contracts of employment

• Section 7. Written particulars of terms of employment
• Section 8. Medical examination
• Section 9. Contracts: general
• Section 10. Transfer to other employment
• Section 11. Termination of contracts by notice
• Section 12. Common employment not a defence

• Terms and conditions of employment

• Section 13. Hours of work and overtime
• Section 14. Provision of transport
• Section 15. Periodicity of payment of wages
• Section 16. Sick leave
• Section 17. Duty of employer to provide work
• Section 18. Annual holidays with pay
• Section 19. Calculation of leave pay and sickness benefits
• Section 20. Redundancy

• General

• Section 21. Offences
• Section 22. Exemptions

Part I Labour Act