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Zimbabwe: Madhuku Challenges Chidyausiku Labour Rulling At Concourt
New Zimbabwe, 23 July 2015
University of Zimbabwe Constitutional Law lecturer Professor Lovemore Madhuku and labour law expert Caleb Mucheche on Thursday filed an urgent application with the Constitutional… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Court Ruling in Line With Economic Trends'
The Herald, 24 July 2015
The Supreme Court ruling that allows firms to terminate contracts of employment upon issuing a three months notice addresses concerns that employers have had for a long time and an… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Workers Threaten to 'Vent Anger' On the Streets Over 'Senseless' Job Losses
News24Wire, 23 July 2015
Zimbabwe's main labour union on Wednesday warned that workers would take to the streets to "vent their anger" if President Robert Mugabe's government fails to take action to stem… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Dark Day for Labour Relations
Financial Gazette, 23 July 2015
At the stroke of a pen, the Supreme Court on Friday last week, dismantled the pillar of job security that has protected workers from unjust dismissal from employment and opened the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Court Ruling Opens Way for Mass Firings - Union
News24Wire, 22 July 2015
More than 250 workers in Zimbabwe have lost their jobs in the wake of a landmark ruling by a top court that allows employers to terminate workers' contracts by giving them just… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Dismissals - Govt Intervention Vital
The Herald, 24 July 2015
National labour policies are very difficult to draw up, but are needed and do require a balance to be struck between needs of employers and security for employees. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Cabinet to Discuss Workers' Sackings - Over 400 More Given the Boot - Econet, Zimoco Join Bandwagon
The Herald, 23 July 2015
Cabinet will today be seized with the plight of workers who are being dismissed willy-nilly by employers following last Friday's Supreme Court ruling that firms can terminate… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Court Ruling Costs 700 Jobs in 5 Days
The Herald, 22 July 2015
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… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Legal Experts Rap Supreme Court Ruling
The Herald, 23 July 2015
The recent Supreme Court judgment allowing indiscriminate termination of employment contracts on notice has a negative impact on the social and economic rights of the Zimbabwean… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: ZCTU Reacts Angrily to Court Ruling
Financial Gazette, 23 July 2015
THE country's largest trade union, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), has described as "senseless" recent sporadic job terminations by some companies following a Supreme… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Gwisai, ZCTU Call for Mass Action Against Controversial Supreme Court Ruling On Workers
New Zimbabwe, 22 July 2015
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on workers to stage mass protests until government intervenes to stop the on-going firing of workers by companies in the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Supreme Court Ruling - Sino-Zim Firm Fires 400 Workers
New Zimbabwe, 22 July 2015
A JOINT venture company between Zimbabwe and China, Sino-Zim, has dismissed 400 workers on notice following last week's Supreme Court ruling which has opened floodgates of… Read more »