Statutory Instrument 67 of 2017. Fixed Term Contracts
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Workers’ committee role
Workers’ committee role June 29, 2017 Business, Opinion & Analysis Labour column, Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY members of the workers’ committee do not know the role they should play in the organisation and as a result they fail to represent workers in an effective manner. The first thing is that the workers committee is a creature of statute …
Wage underpayments and arrears can sink a business
Wage underpayments and arrears can sink a business June 22, 2017 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY employers have found themselves on the wrong side of the law due to failure to pay minimum wages or failure to pay wages on time because of failure to act in a business prudent manner and ignorance of labour laws. Company …
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Paawuz, Gapwuz fight over workers’ salaries
Paawuz, Gapwuz fight over workers’ salaries June 5, 2017 in Business The Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) and General Agriculture and Plantation Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Gapwuz) are engaged in a nasty war over the poor conditions of workers. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Paawuz general secretary, Raymond Sixpence told NewsDay that the National …
General Agriculture Wages 1 June 2017
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Representation by labour consultants in labour matters
Representation by labour consultants in labour matters May 25, 2017 Business WHILE a lot has been said by the courts about the place of labour consultants in dispute resolution, this remains a highly contested area between labour consultants, labour officers and trade unionists. There are many reasons why labour officers and trade unionists are not comfortable …
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When the arbitrator goes bully, options available
When the arbitrator goes bully, options available May 18, 2017 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaONE of the most difficult things is to appear before an arbitrator or labour officer who uses bullying or threatening approach to the parties to a hearing especially when one makes submissions that do not sit well with the arbitrator or labour officer’s …
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Measures to avoid retrenchment require careful thought
Measures to avoid retrenchment require careful thought May 4, 2017 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY employers struggle with payment of salaries that they can no longer afford and end up breaking the law when they can either negotiate salary reduction with affected workers or apply for exemption. When the business recognises that it is struggling it must …
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Timber wage dispute taken to Supreme Court
Timber wage dispute taken to Supreme Court April 28, 2017 in Business EMPLOYERS in the timber sector have applied to the Supreme Court to have a Labour Court ruling compelling them to continue paying a minimum wage of US$150, a figure they feel must be slashed to US$105, businessdigest has learnt. By Kudzai Kuwaza Employers want the …
Storm over Labour Bill
Storm over Labour Bill Top Stories April 21, 2017By Shame Makoshori, Senior Business Reporter Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Prisca Mupfumira …Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions rejects draft PLANS to reform the Labour Act through the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) are tottering on the brink of collapse after the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade …