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MDC-T's Jesse Majome receive threats
20 Aug 2015 at 13:16hrs | Views
Harare West MDC-T legislator Jessie Majome has claimed that she has received threats following the presentation of an adverse report against the Labour Amendment Bill in the National Assembly on Tuesday by the Parliamentary Legal Committee of which she is a member.
Majome told a Crisis Coalition public meeting in Harare on Wednesday and workers should not be compensated by employers but by the National Social Security Agency (NSSA).
She did not specify the nature of the threats.
The adverse report states that clause 17 of the Bill which compels employers to pay termination packages to employees who were dismissed after the July 17 Supreme Court ruling violates section 3 (2) (e) of the constitution regarding the separation of powers in that the judgment made by the judiciary was correct at law and in seeking to nullify that by an insertion of the retrospective clause, parliament will have violated the principle of separation of powers.
The Labour Amendment Bill sailed through the National Assembly without any amendments and today it will go before the Senate. If the Bill is passed, it will await the President's signature to make it law.
Majome told a Crisis Coalition public meeting in Harare on Wednesday and workers should not be compensated by employers but by the National Social Security Agency (NSSA).
She did not specify the nature of the threats.
The adverse report states that clause 17 of the Bill which compels employers to pay termination packages to employees who were dismissed after the July 17 Supreme Court ruling violates section 3 (2) (e) of the constitution regarding the separation of powers in that the judgment made by the judiciary was correct at law and in seeking to nullify that by an insertion of the retrospective clause, parliament will have violated the principle of separation of powers.
The Labour Amendment Bill sailed through the National Assembly without any amendments and today it will go before the Senate. If the Bill is passed, it will await the President's signature to make it law.
Source - Byo24News
