Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

83.   Saving of existing level of wages

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    (1)   An employee to whom a Minimum Wage Order applies and who receives wages more than the statutory minimum wages and enjoys other terms and conditions of employment more favourable than the terms and conditions of employment prescribed in the Minimum Wage Order shall in no way be adversely affected by reason only of the making of the Order.

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    (2)   Where a Minimum Wage Order fixes a minimum wage for employees in a particular class of employees in an industry, an employee in that class shall not be adversely affected or prejudiced by the Minimum Wage Order if it is lower than the wage agreed to by the employer and the employee.

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    (3)   An employer or group of employers shall not, as a result of provisions in this Part, reduce a wage paid to an employee or class of employee in a particular undertaking or industry to the level of a minimum wage set under this Act.