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Employment compliance self-assessment

Work through each item and mark whether your organisation complies. Every item is tied to a specific provision of the Employment and Labour Relations Act, the Labour Institutions Act, or the Code of Good Practice. Your answers are saved on this device only.

Scope: employment & labour-relations law only. It does not cover occupational safety, workers' compensation, social security, tax, or work permits — those are governed by other statutes (see the plans below).

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Contracts & documentation

The paperwork every employment relationship must have.

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  • CriticalGive each employee written particulars of employment at commencement
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  • ImportantUse a lawful contract type, and fixed-term contracts only for permitted reasons
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantPut the contract in writing where the employee works within or outside Tanzania
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • RecommendedDisplay a statement of employees' statutory rights in a conspicuous place
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantIssue a certificate of service on termination
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantKeep employment records for five years after termination
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Hours of work & rest

Working-time limits, overtime and rest periods.

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  • CriticalKeep ordinary working time within the statutory maximums
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalWork overtime only by agreement and within limits
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalPay overtime at not less than 1.5× the basic wage
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantGive a 60-minute break after five continuous hours of work
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantProvide daily and weekly rest periods
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantPay the night-work premium and observe night-work restrictions
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantPay double wages for work on a public holiday
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Remuneration

How and how much employees must be paid.

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  • CriticalPay wages properly and on time, with a payslip
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalMake only lawful deductions from wages
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalPay at least the applicable sectoral minimum wage
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • RecommendedPost the applicable minimum-wage rates at the workplace
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantEnsure equal pay for men and women for work of equal value
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Leave

Statutory leave entitlements (after 6 months' qualifying service — ELRA s. 30).

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  • CriticalGrant at least 28 consecutive days' paid annual leave per leave cycle
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantProvide up to 126 days' sick leave per cycle
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalProvide paid maternity leave and related protections
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantProvide at least 3 days' paid paternity leave (7 for a premature birth)
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • RecommendedProvide at least 4 days' paid leave for the sickness/death of close family
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Equal opportunity & anti-discrimination

Non-discrimination duties in every employment policy and practice.

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  • CriticalDo not discriminate on any protected ground
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantRegister an equal-opportunity plan with the Labour Commissioner
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalProhibit and address workplace harassment
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Fundamental rights

Core protections that apply to every workplace.

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  • CriticalDo not employ children unlawfully
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalDo not use forced or bonded labour
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantRespect freedom of association
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantRegister employees with a health insurance scheme
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Discipline & fair termination

Fair reason + fair procedure — the most litigated area.

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  • ImportantHave a disciplinary policy and communicate the rules of conduct
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantRun probation fairly
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalTerminate only for a fair reason and with a fair procedure
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalFollow a fair disciplinary procedure for misconduct
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalGive the correct notice of termination
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • CriticalPay severance where due
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantMake all final payments on termination
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • RecommendedSuspend fairly when investigating serious allegations
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Retrenchment (operational requirements)

Applies when reducing headcount for economic/structural reasons.

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  • CriticalFollow the consultation process before any retrenchment
    🔒 Guidance & citation

Dispute-resolution readiness

Being ready for the CMA, inspection, and classification challenges.

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  • RecommendedUnderstand that labour disputes are referred to the CMA
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • ImportantClassify workers correctly (employee vs. independent contractor)
    🔒 Guidance & citation
  • RecommendedBe ready to cooperate with labour inspection and compliance orders
    🔒 Guidance & citation
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Employee
 

For one person with one question. No account, and the question is not kept.

  • The provision that governs it, quoted and cited
  • English or Kiswahili
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HR
 

For the person who answers these questions for a company.

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  • Mainland and Zanzibar, each on its own Act
  • The contract builder, warning letters and exit records
  • One login, for one organisation
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For an employer running terminations across one or more sites.

  • Every termination process, sequenced against the statute
  • 90 documents — 60 mainland, 30 Zanzibar
  • Three logins per site: Director, HR and Manager
  • The sealed record: frozen, fingerprinted, time-stamped
  • Everything in HR
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Not covered yet

These areas are governed by other statutes and are on the roadmap — they aren't included yet, in either the free checklist or Pro:

  • Occupational safety & health — Occupational Health and Safety Act — workplace safety, risk assessments, safety reps.
  • Workers' compensation — Workers' Compensation Act — WCF registration and contributions for work injuries/disease.
  • Social security — NSSF / PSSSF — mandatory pension registration and contributions.
  • Payroll taxes — PAYE (Income Tax Act) and the Skills & Development Levy (SDL).
  • Non-citizen employment — Non-Citizens (Employment Regulation) Act — work and residence permits.

This self-assessment is general legal information, not a legal audit or legal advice. Provisions change; confirm against the current law and seek qualified advice for any specific situation.