Workers must go beyond pleading for pay rise

Workers must go beyond  pleading for pay rise     29/4/2019 Source: Workers must go beyond  pleading for pay rise – DailyNews Live Editorial Comment      28 April 2019 (c) CALLS by government workers for another pay rise barely a month aftertheir salaries were reviewed upwards is indicative of the challengesconfronting the local labour force which they …

Labour relations tone, the CEO’s job

Labour relations tone, the CEO’s job   24/4/2019 Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour Matters MANY organisations are known for bad labour relations management and are characterised by frequent conflict with employees reflecting badly on the chief executive’s leadership style. After the infamous Marikana incident in South Africa, many organisations today hire only chief executives with a good …

Calls for salary, wage adjustments intensify

Calls for salary, wage adjustments intensify – NewsDay Zimbabwe   13/4/2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA The Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe (IMPZ) has called for an upward review on the taxable wage threshold from RTGS$350 to cushion workers from the rising cost of living. In the 2019 National Budget, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube reviewed the …

Agric industry awards employees 47% salary increment

Agric industry awards employees 47% salary increment – NewsDay Zimbabwe   9/4/2019 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S agriculture industry has awarded its employees a 47% salary increment to cushion them from current economic hardships. The workers will receive the new salary structure backdated to March 1, 2019. Before the adjustment, the least paid employee in the …

Once the employer decides you are dismissed, you are doomed?

Once the employer decides you are dismissed, you are doomed?   4/4/2019 The Chronicle Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour Matters MANY workers who have been dismissed for misconduct have cried that the employer should have been more lenient with them and given them a lesser penalty than dismissal, without success. The Labour Act Chapter 28:01 section 12 …

When can an employee be suspended

When can an employee be suspended   28/3/2019 The Chronicle MANY employers struggle with making employee suspension decisions or make illegal suspension decision which in most cases are overturned by courts. In Zimbabwe the law allows the employer to suspend an employee.  It is a common law right and has been covered in many decided …