Business / Economy
Supreme Court ruling costs 700 jobs in 5 days
22 Jul 2015 at 06:58hrs | Views
Government yesterday held a crisis meeting with stakeholders during which workers proposed that Presidential Powers be invoked to protect them amid reports that over 700 have lost jobs in the last five days following a Supreme Court ruling allowing arbitrary termination of employment contracts.
The ruling, which has shaken the labour industry, was delivered last Friday.
Employers, the major beneficiaries of the ruling, boycotted the meeting held under the auspices of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum which brings together Government, labour and the private sector.
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira said the meeting sought to review and understand the meaning of the judgment and also discussed the "shocking" numbers of workers dismissed so far as a result of the ruling.
Source - the herald
