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Zimbabwe govt to amend Labour Act
THE government is amending the Labour Act to address concerns raised by both workers and employees following the 2015 changes to the law, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupf...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe opens 4th session of 8th Parliament
President Robert Mugabe says the government remains committed to eradicating poverty and improve the lives of people through economic emancipation.Speaking during the official opening of t...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
17 000 vacancies for ECD teachers
MORE than 17 000 Early Childhood Education (ECD) teachers are needed across the country to address teacher staff shortages in primary schools at a time when the Government has reiterated that it will ...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 10:22hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka/Walter Mswazie
New labour law should promote moral suasion and tripartism on the labour market
The recent presidential assent to the new labour bill should promote moral suasion and functional tripartism on the labour market in order to restore sanity which is conducive to production. The upset...Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 13:47hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Mugabe signs Labour Bill into law
The Labour Amendment Act number 5 of 2015 has come into force following President Robert Mugabe's assent to the bill which sailed through the National Assembly and Senate last week in response to the ...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 21:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Labour Bill came at the right time
The recent passing of the Labour Bill both in the House of Assembly and the Senate without a lot of amendments is a victory for the workers who have been on the receiving end from their employers sinc...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
PDP raps Zanu-PF for acting contrary to its ZimAsset promises
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) Youth assembly official Tatenda Chigwada has blasted the ruling Zanu-PF for acting contrary to its 2013 election promises where it said it would create 2,2 million...Published: 23 Aug 2015 at 10:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Welshman Ncube attack MPs on Labour Bill
OPPOSITION MDC leader Welshman Ncube has warned that allowing parliament to make back-dated changes to labour laws could backfire"Once that becomes acceptable then what will stop any governmen...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 14:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zanu-PF UK accuse Tsvangirai for failure to comment on the new Labour bill
The Zanu-PF United Kingdom chapter has accused MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai for failing to issue a statement of comment publicly on the issue of the new labour bill being discussed in parliam...Published: 19 Aug 2015 at 10:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Labour bill in parliament
Debate on the much-awaited Labour Amendment Bill, which seeks to repeal common law provisions that have been used by employers to fire workers on three months' notice starts in Parliament today, a...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Labour Bill 'more cruel'
The Labour Amendment Bill, viewed as the solution to the massive job losses that followed a recent landmark Supreme Court ruling, is worse than the existing labour laws, an opposition party warned...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Unions welcome Labour Bill terms
Workers have welcomed proposals in the Labour Amendment Bill that seek to take away employers' right to unilaterally dismiss them on three months' notice without benefits and provide for benefits ...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Labour Law Amendment Bill a welcome development
The proposed amendments in the Labour bill are a welcome development which are poised to make a difference on the chaotic labour market which rendered over 20 000 workers jobless in the past four week...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 12:57hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Labour Bill bears relief for workers
Proposed amendments to the Labour Act will remove the common law right of an employer to unilaterally dismiss employees on notice, but have also streamlined retrenchment procedures and will requir...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Labour bill to be gazetted tomorrow
Parliament is expected to gazette the Labour Amendment Bill tomorrow, a development that kick-starts the process that will stop job losses that have affected tens of thousands of workers over the ...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinef concerned over firing of journalists
The Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) new acting chairman Njabulo Ncube has said his organisation is very much concerned over the dismissal of journalists from work following the Supreme Court r...Published: 09 Aug 2015 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe job losses intensify
THE bloodbath of worker dismissals through the termination of contracts on three months' notice will continue for at least until the end of the month as parliament, which is supposed to pass amendment...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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