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Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law

Written by Co-Authors Carla-Anne Harris-Roper and Dr. Natalie Corthèsy, this book continues the tradition of insightful legal tomes in the Commonwealth Caribbean Law series published by Routledge. It is the only textbook of its kind, providing an up-to-date resource covering a wide-range of employment and labour law issues which affect the Commonwealth Caribbean.

The book undertakes a comparative analysis of employment and labour law in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados, as a major starting reference point for distinguishing the laws of other Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdictions such as Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia and Guyana among others.

The book also explores how the law operates within the legal systems of the Caribbean, taking into account the umbilical link to British jurisprudence and the persuasive precedent of other Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the impact this has had on the growth and development of this area of the legal landscape.

Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law is now essential reading for students enrolled on Employment Law, Discrimination and Dismissal Law courses in the Caribbean.

Since its publication in 2014, the book has also become a staple resource for Trade Unionists, Human Resource Practitioners, Industrial Relations Professionals and Attorneys. It has also been consulted by the judiciary across the region and referred to in the following judgments:

Citations where CCELL has been quoted

CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

[2024] CCJ 7 (AJ) GY MAURICE ARJOON v NEW BUILDING SOCIETY LTD. TRUST COMPANY (GUYANA) LTD. et.al. (Unreported) delivered March 19, 2024

[2022] CCJ 8 (AJ) BB Sandy Lane Hotel Co Limited v Juliana Cato, Wayne Johnson, Charmaine Poyer
(Unreported) delivered March 24, 2022

[2020] CCJ 8 (AJ) BZ BAY TRUST CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED v KAREN ACOSTA LONGSWORTH
(unreported) delivered May 27, 2020

COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS

NP2020-52 INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL TEMAR DAVIS APPLICANT v. ISLAND HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED RESPONDENT (unreported) delivered MARCH 14, 2024

BARBADOS

Civil Appeal No. 16 of 2019 First Citizens Bank (Barbados) Limited v Debra Brathwaite (unreported) delivered October 13, 2020

ERT/2015/031 David King v. Nassco Finance Limited (unreported) delivered August 24, 2020

CivilAppeal No 1 2014 Trimartmart Incorporated v Michelin Tyron Cox (Unreported) September 20, 2016

BELIZE

Claim No 200 of 2013 Mark Menzies v Belize Water Authority et.al. (Unreported) delivered November 25, 2015

CIVIL APPEAL NO 12 of 2013 KAREN ACOSTA LONGSWORTH v BAY TRUST CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED (unreported) delivered 18 September 2018.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS

NP2021-176 INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL EMELCHA A. BROWN APPLICANT v. CGT CONTRACTORS & DEVELOPERS LIMITED RESPONDENT (unreported) delivered FEBRUARY 8, 2024

JAMAICA

[2022] JMFC FULL 06 George Neil v The Attorney General Of Jamaica, Office Of Utilities Regulation, Spectrum Management Authority (unreported) delivered October 28, 2022

[2022] JMCA Civ 26 Kingsley Chin v Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited (unreported) July 29, 2022

[2022] JMFC FULL 02 Kevin Simmonds v The Minister Of Labour And Social Security and The Attorney General Of Jamaica (unreported) delivered April 26, 2022

[2022] JMCA Civ 14 United Management Services Limited v The Industrial Disputes Tribunal And The Minister Of Labour And Social Security (unrepresented) delivered April 8, 2022

[2021] JMCA Civ 9 Joshua Jaddoo v Sugar Industry Authority (unreported) delivered February 26, 2021

[2020] JMCA Civ 9 Edward Gabbidon v Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited (Formerly RBTT Jamaica Limited) Unreported delivered April 3, 2020

2019 JMSC Civ 226 Branch Development Limited T/A Ibero Star v Industrial Disputes Tribunal and Marlon McLeod (Unreported) November 29, 2019

2019 JMSC Civ 192  Advanced Farm Technologies Jamaica Ltd v Minister of Labour &Social Security (Unreported) delivered October 4, 2019

2017 JMSC Civ 123 Micheal Mair v FlexPak Limited (Unreported) delivered September 6, 2017

[2016] JMCA Civ 10 Branch Developments Limited (Iberostar) v Taylor Charmaine (unreported) delivered February 19, 2016

2015 JMCA Civ 48 Branch Development Limited T/A Ibero Star v Industrial Disputes Tribunal and UAWU (Unreported) September 21, 2015

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TRADE DISPUTE NO. 296 of 2014 in The Industrial Court; Banking, Insurance And General Workers’ Union v. Melville Shipping Limited (Unreported) delivered July 12, 2018