Farm workers petition minister over slave wages

Farm workers petition minister over slave wages By Newsday – October 9, 2019 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI THE Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) has written to Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza, requesting for a meeting over the “conduct of white commercial farmers”. In a letter dated August 2, 2019, Paawuz secretary-general …

Employers congress starts

Employers congress starts Herald 25/9/2019   Mr Murefu Oliver Kazunga Bulawayo Bureau THE 37th Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) annual congress begins in Bulawayo today, with delegates expected to deliberate on a range of issues, including the impact of the re-introduction of the local currency on business operations. Government outlawed the use of multi-currency system …

Wages and salaries: July-August dilemma

Wages and salaries: July-August dilemma    Chronicle 29/8/2019 Labour Matters, Davis Ndumiso Sibanda Following the removal of multi-currencies from the Zimbabwean market and having the RTGS dollar as the only currency to be used for trading in Zimbabwe, the salaries and wages payment has created conflict and confusion between employers and workers. There is the challenge …

Workers’ unions want salary review formula

Workers’ unions want salary review formula    Chronicle 29/8/2019 ZCTU secretary general, Mr Japhet Moyo. Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor THE Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) should come up with formulae to review salaries and cushion workers in line with prevailing inflationary trends at a particular given time, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said. It …

200% cost of living allowance for Tongaat employees

200% cost of living allowance for Tongaat employees  Chronicle 20/8/2019   Hippo Valley Estates Walter Mswazie, Business Correspondent THE country’s sugar giant, Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe (THZ), has awarded its employees close to 200 percent cost of living adjustment allowance to cushion them from the prevailing economic hardships. In an internal correspondence seen by Business Chronicle, the company’s acting …

Survival strategies now a priority: Either you sink or you swim

Survival strategies now a priority: Either you sink or you swim By Newsday – August 6, 2019 Guest Column: Emmanuel Zvada The economy is not exactly reliable and business today is not what it once was. Zimbabwe is currently going through a tough period economically. Today’s organisational environment is proving to be markedly different from that of …

Private sector urged to adjust workers’ salaries

Private sector urged to adjust workers’ salaries  0 August 4, 2019 11:32 AM Source: Private sector urged to adjust workers’ salaries | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Darlington Musarurwa News Editor The private sector should adjust salaries to cushion its workers from rising prices similar to the way Government has responded to the plight of civil servants …