BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe business, labour confront govt over TNF

GOVERNMENT has been taken to task for failing to take the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) seriously at a time the country's economic crisis is worsening.The TNF is a social dialogue platform that b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

MSU employs conflicted labour officer

MIDLANDS State University (MSU) has come under fire for employing a Gweru-based labour officer who has been handling cases raised against the institution by close to 100 workers.The university employe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Employers to meet Labour minister

EMPLOYERS Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) will this month hold a crucial meeting with Labour minister Sekai Nzenza over the state of the economy.The meeting comes at a time the economy is experienci...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Labour unrest as teachers, nurses and senior doctors join strike

Zimbabwe has been plunged into a labour crisis of monumental proportions after senior doctors, nurses and teachers joined the ongoing strike by junior doctors which is now more than a month old.Nurses...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe mulls labour exports to S. Sudan

GOVERNMENT is targeting to generate foreign currency through human capital exports and has renewed negotiations with South Sudan to send unemployed graduates to that country. Government has previously...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Business, labour meet to tackle economic crunch

BUSINESS and labour met in Masvingo last week to find ways to improve productivity and competitiveness.This comes at a time the country's economic crisis is deepening, with prices of basic goods skyro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 September 2018

OPINION

Zim is open of business, but the labour law is closed

Zimbabwe is open for business has become a common phrase in Zimbabwe. Events leading to the ushering in of the new dispensation in Zimbabwe has introduced these phrases.This mantra is not the correct ...

By Edwick Mabika | Published: 18 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Call for labour laws review

ZIMBABWE'S labour legislation should be harmonised to reduce conflicts and complement Government's efforts to create a conducive investment environment, a labour expert has said.NCS labour relations a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

ZCTU slams Chinese violation of labour laws

THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has expressed concern over the alleged spike in labour abuse cases at Chinese-owned firms in the Midlands province.Speaking on the sidelines of the Workers' Day c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2018

POLITICS

Workers seek Mnangagwa help in labour row

WORKERS at a Kwekwe-based explosives manufacturing firm, GML Explosives, have approached President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office seeking help to stop Croatian investors from disposing off the company fo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2018

POLITICS

'Resolve labour dispute through dialogue'

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the labour dispute between Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) and its workers, which has seen spouses protesting against management since January this year, should be ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Business mull class action over labour clause

BUSINESS is set to meet over a contentious clause in the Labour Act which entitles workers who have been fired for misconduct to receive compensation amid the possibility of class action, businessdige...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 February 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

AG's legal team produces Labour Act second draft

THE Attorney General's office has produced a second draft of the amended Labour Act which was discussed by the three parties to the Tripartite Negotiating Forum late last month, businessdigest has lea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 December 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Kwekwe Council wins labour dispute

Kwekwe City Council has won a 16-year-old labour dispute against its former employee Dr Alva Senderayi after the Supreme Court quashed the High Court decision declaring his sacking as illegal. The sup...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 October 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Labour draft bill finalised

Government has finalised a draft of the amended Labour Act and will soon be discussed at the Tripartite Negotiating Forum. A raft of proposed changes have been made to the Labour Act. Employers' Confe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Labour Registrar in eye of a storm

Registrar of Labour Ms Nozipho Simango is at the centre of controversy amid allegations that she connived with an expelled National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe member and secretly registered a new ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe tweaks labour laws

GOVERNMENT has tweaked labour laws to allow the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and ferro-alloy industry employees who have been casual workers for over two consecutive years, to be deemed permanently emp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

New labour law to stem job losses

A Labour Act Amendment Bill expected to be promulgated into law in the coming quarter could result in a slowdown in retrenchments, deputy minister for Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Tapiwa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Labour Court slams ministry for bungling

The Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has been slammed for bungling, which has seen the clandestine registration of a trade union without following the provisions of the law.Labour...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

OPINION

Deciding labour matters on technicalities

WHILE a lot has been written about problems related to deciding labour matters on technicalities, many workers who go on to lose cases over-rely on technicalities as a basis for appeals.In one of my r...

By Davies Ndumiso Sibanda | Published: 17 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Cairns Foods loses $2.6m labour case

A former employee of agro-processing company Cairns Foods Limited, won an award of more than $2,6 million after he was wrongly fired from employment 25 years ago.Mr Stanford Selemani suffered a mental...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

5-year labour row haunts RBZ

The labour row pitting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and security guards it retrenched five years ago is back at the Labour Court with the former employees demanding their dues.The Supreme Court ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 August 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

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...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Steward Bank wins labour case

Steward Bank has won a labour dispute against 11 of its workers, who were seeking a court order barring the financial institution from withholding their salaries and benefits pending retrenchment.Nisb...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2015

BUSINESS NEWS

'Labour reforms far from implementation'

Industry minister Mike Bimha says Zimbabwe's labour law reforms are far from being implemented despite repeated calls by employers to do so.Among the reforms, employers are recommending the eliminatio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2015
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