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15pc pay rise for Tongaat workers October 25, 2017 Business Tongaat Hullets workers on strike in this file picture Walter Mswazie, Masvingo CorrespondentAn arbitrator has awarded Tongaat Hullets Zimbabwe workers salary increases of between 7,5 percent and 15 percent putting to rest a two-year long protracted labour dispute between the employer and workers’ representatives. The arbitrator, retired …
Tax refund nightmare for companies October 19, 2017By Phillimon Mhlanga, Business Reporter “It takes forever and you have to be lucky to get a refund. It’s affecting companies’ cash-flows.” COMPANIES have expressed concern over delays by the country’s tax collection agency, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), in processing tax refunds, which they said created cash-flow problems for …
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Taxation of retrenchment packages October 12, 2017 Business Retrenchment packages form part of gross income and are subject to Income Tax like all other incomes. DefinitionsA retrenchment package is a pay off by an employer to an employee who has been laid off due to restructuring, making the employee’s position redundant. It constitutes pecuniary payment or …
Unpacking termination of employment notice 0 September 24, 2017 2:03 AM Source: Unpacking termination of employment notice | Theindependent (Zimbabwe) Good labour law should encourage economic growth. This means the regulation of the labour market should be sensitive to economic growth. The question is how the labour market is supposed to be regulated in order to …
Employees have to submit to the employers’ control Chronicle 7 September 2017 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda WORKERS have found themselves on the wrong side of the law when they challenged the employer over implied contractual issues due to ignorance of the law. In the matter, KANDOMA VS BLACK COSMETICS PRIVATE LIMITED —JUDGEMENT NO SC 115/2004, …
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What is justifiable compassionate leave? Chronicle 31 August 2017 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour matters WHILE a lot has been written about special leave, it remains problematic for both workers and the employer resulting in frequent conflicts when employees ask for special leave and employers object. Special leave is guided by provisions of sections 14B of …
The law and retirement The Chronicle 25 August 2017 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour Matters THERE have been many disputes related to retirement with workers wanting to remain in employment and employers demanding that workers should leave. The Labour Act Chapter 28:01 is silent on retirement date as it leaves the decision on retirement to individual employers …
Deciding labour matters on technicalities Davies Ndumiso Sibanda WHILE a lot has been written about problems related to deciding labour matters on technicalities, many workers who go on to lose cases over-rely on technicalities as a basis for appeals. In one of my recent articles I wrote about the law and deciding matters on technicalities, …