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Court rules out packages for retrenched workers March 16, 2017 Local News Fidelis Munyoro and Tendai Rupapa, Harare BureauWorkers who lost employment after a Supreme Court ruling that allowed employers to terminate employment contracts on three months notice will not get anything, the High Court has ruled. Government relieved fired workers when it amended the labour law …
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Employers challenge Labour Act amendments March 9, 2017 Crime & Courts Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court ReporterEmployers challenging the constitutionality of amendments to the Labour Act — chief among them the provision that companies pay fired workers in retrospect — will have to wait for a pending Constitutional Court ruling. Government amended the labour law following a July 17 …
Resignation can be costly February 16, 2017 Business Davis Ndumiso SibandaMANY employees have found themselves out in the cold after resigning from employment and at times they find themselves working in worse off conditions than their previous jobs. Resignation from one job and taking up another is not an act that should be done when one …
Employer decision in disciplinary cases cannot be interfered with February 9, 2017 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaIN one of the most informative judgements, the Supreme Court emphasised the employer’s right to discipline employees and that higher courts cannot interfere with the employers’ decision unless the employer’s decision was made in a moment of madness. In the matter …
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Don’t avoid attending disciplinary hearings January 26, 2017 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY workers wrongly think refusing to receive documents related to the disciplinary process and not attending disciplinary hearings is an act of being smart only to realise when they are being dismissed that they did the most unwise thing when they get dismissed in absentia. …
Disciplining senior employees requires smartness January 12, 2017 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaDISCIPLINING senior employees for whatever reasons requires skill, great sensitivity and smartness to avoid having the process dragging the organisation through the mud. While I do not advocate for handling senior employees with a velvet glove, disciplining them is much more than picking at the …
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Miscarriage of justice in labour disputes December 29, 2016 Business Labour Matters, Davies Ndumiso SibandaREFERENCE of cases to the Labour Court by Labour Officers is seen as miscarriage of justice by many today as some cases are either not concluded or concluded in strange ways. The Labour Act Chapter 28:01 provisions of section 93(5) given in the …