With the goal of improving the employment environment in Tanzania, the Labour Laws (Amendments) Act No. 4 of 2025 (the Labour Amendments Act) has been enacted, which amends the Employment and Labour Relations Act [Cap 366 R.E. 2019] (the ELRA), amongst other employment legislation. This month’s legal update highlights the key changes made to the ELRA introduced by the Labour Amendments Act. The key changes introduced to the ELRA by the Labour Amendments Act include the following:

Expansion and addition of definitions

The Labour Amendment Act amends the definition of basic wage initially excluded additional payments made to employees for work done on Sunday, but the amendment now specifically refers to work done on any rest day. A “rest day”, is defined as a continuous period of not less than 24 hours, granted on either a regular or irregular basis, during which an employee is entitled to abstain from performing any work-related duties for the employer.

In addition, the Labour Amendments Act adds the following definitions:

1. award which includes agreements reached after mediation, decision, decree and ruling;
2. personal representative, which means a person appointed by a party to a dispute for the purpose of representation; and
3. process server, which means a person determined as such under any written law to undertake service of court documents.

Expansion of persons able to form part of a trade union

With the enactment of the Labour Amendments Act, a senior management...

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