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Who is a managerial employee? July 7, 2016 Business Labour Column Davis Ndumiso SibandaTHE definition of managerial employee remains problematic for both employers and employees resulting in a lot of conflicts and disgruntlement when it comes to granting of level related benefits and discipline handling. The Labour Act defines a managerial employee as follows, “means an employee …
Rift widens as tourism salary talks collapse June 14, 2016 Business Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls ReporterTHE National Employment Council (NEC) for the tourism industry will not increase salaries for its workers with only employees in Sector 2 getting a $3 increment in housing allowance. Sector 2 involves those in the hunting sector. The protracted negotiations were held last week …
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Zim govt complies with ILO Companies & Markets June 9, 2016 By Own Correspondent Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Prisca Mupfumira Alois Vinga GOVERNMENT is taking steps to comply with an International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommendation to align the country’s Labour Amendment Act, which was created to protect workers from wholesale dismissals, …
1,5% salary increment for tourism workers June 9, 2016 in Business TOURISM workers and employers have agreed to a 1,5% salary increment for those in conservation, safari and wildlife operations, while basic salaries and allowances for those in hotels and lodges remain unchanged, an industry official has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Salary talks between tourism workers …
Labour Column: Condonation applications not easy task June 2, 2016 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaFAILURE to stick to set legal timeframes before one makes an appeal against any decision of the lower disciplinary authority does not mean that an application for condonation of late noting of an appeal will be entertained. I have come across many workers …
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Govt, business in labour stand-off May 27, 2016 in Business GOVERNMENT, labour and business are deadlocked on the framework of three of the 13 principles agreed under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) in 2014. by Kudzai Kuwaza The three tripartite partners agreed on four principles, were yet to fully agree on six of them and were …
Call for clean up of Labour Act Amendment No. 5 May 20, 2016 Business Conrad Mwanawashe in Gweru Business says Government should urgently clean up the Labour Act Amendment No. 5 which came into effect last year, and address issues relating to the plethora of taxes business is faced with. A business conference organised by the Confederation …
EMCOZ, ZCTU cry foul By Own Correspondent Alois Vinga IN yet another rare occurrence, the country’s labour and business sectors are singing from the same hymn book. In the latest confluence of thought, Zimbabwe’s business community, represented by the Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ) and labour, represented by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions …
Labour Matters: Employers opt for retrenchment than disciplinary action May 19, 2016 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaWith the coming into effect of the amended Labour Act No. 5 of 2015, the disciplinary process has become complex, expensive and an open ended liability for those organisations without in-house codes of conduct and has made retrenchment a cheaper option and …
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