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Zimbabwe:
National Roads Authority Has Fired 49 Workers Thanks to Justice Chidyausiku
New Zimbabwe, 1 August 2015
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) has sent 49 workers home including senior managers among them the group spokesperson Augustine Moyo-thanks to the recent Supreme… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
The Law Can Be Amended - Mugabe
Financial Gazette, 29 July 2015
PRESIDENT Mugabe has called for the urgent amendment of the Labour Act Act which has triggered an avalanche of job losses in the country based on the recent Supreme Court ruling on… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Employers Finalise Draft On Job Cuts
The Herald, 30 July 2015
EMPLOYERS have finalised a draft document showing their position on the amendment of labour laws including a proposal for the payment of one-week salary for every year served when… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
9,000 Dismissed After Supreme Court Ruling, Government to Act, Says Mugabe
New Zimbabwe, 29 July 2015
AT LEAST 9,000 workers have lost their jobs since the Supreme Court ruling allowing employers to terminate workers' contracts on notice, President Robert Mugabe has said. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Sacked Zuva Managers Turn to Concourt
The Herald, 30 July 2015
THE Constitutional Court will tomorrow hear the case in which two Zuva Petroleum managers, Mr Don Nyamande and Mr Kingstone Donga, are seeking an order for their job sacking appeal… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Workers Decry ZCTU Snub
The Herald, 29 July 2015
Workers have blasted the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) for absconding Monday's emergency social partners tripartite meeting meant to urgently amend the Labour Act to… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
ZCTU Boss Laments Structural Problem Where Public Servants, Including Judges, Have Become Employers
New Zimbabwe, 28 July 2015
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Japhet Moyo has lamented Zanu PF's patronage system which he says has now compromised public servants' impartiality in… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Tomana's Bid to Fire 5 Hits Snag
The Herald, 29 July 2015
Prosecutor-General Mr Johannes Tomana's bid to fire five prosecutors over a strike, has hit a snag after the Supreme Court yesterday found that the prosecuting authority had… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Newsday Fires Journalists, Inserters
The Herald, 29 July 2015
Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of NewsDay, The Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard newspaper yesterday fired five journalists and 16 newspaper inserters using the recent… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Supreme Court in Another Labour Judgment
The Herald, 28 July 2015
The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that payment of housing, educational and other allowances is not a right to workers and employers are not obliged to pay them unless there is an… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
ZCTU Snubs Crisis Indaba On Sackings - Body's Sincerity Called to Question - ZFTU, Government Slam Action
The Herald, 28 July 2015
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has abandoned workers in their time of need, with the pro-opposition umbrella labour representative body yesterday snubbing a meeting convened… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Labour Row Appeal 'Urgent'
The Herald, 27 July 2015
Two Zuva Petroleum managers, Mr Don Nyamande and Mr Kingstone Donga, who are contesting the Supreme Court judgment allowing employers to terminate workers' contract on notice, have… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Supreme Court Ruling Costs Nearly 6 000 Jobs
The Herald, 25 July 2015
Nearly 6 000 people have lost their jobs since the Supreme Court ruling on July 17 and trade unions are appealing to President Mugabe to immediately use his powers to stop the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Terminations - Workers Threaten Protests
Zimbabwe Standard, 26 July 2015
WORKERS on Saturday warned government of street protests and civil unrest unless it acts to stop the on-going massive job losses. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Ruling On Jobs Benefits Bigwigs
Zimbabwe Standard, 26 July 2015
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and most of his top officials who graduated from their strong pro-poor, socialist ideology and now own several businesses and farms, could be the biggest… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Worker Dismissals - Balance of Interests Crucial
Zimbabwe Independent, 24 July 2015
IT has been quite a bloodbath as the lot of Zimbabwean formal sector workers -- a fast diminishing class -- was rendered extremely vulnerable by last week's Supreme Court judgment… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Analysis - Chamisa's Curious Role in 6,000 Job Loses
New Zimbabwe, 24 July 2015
TRADE unions say some 6,000 workers have so far been dismissed in the fallout from last week's Supreme Court ruling allowing employers to dismiss workers on notice and without… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
ZUJ Blasts Firing Daily News Dismissal of Journalists
New Zimbabwe, 24 July 2015
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has reacted angrily to the firing of 11 reporters by the Daily News, a local publication owned by Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Minister Mpofu in Bid to Fire Owed Workers in Line With Chidyausiku Ruling
New Zimbabwe, 24 July 2015
TRANSPORT minister Obert Mpofu, whose flirtation with the media as an owner collapsed spectacularly early this year, on Friday sent out letters terminating his company's contracts… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Trade Unions Seek Audience With the President
The Herald, 24 July 2015
Trade Unions are seeking audience with President Mugabe saying he is the only one with the power to stop the unilateral sacking of workers being done by companies countrywide. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Unnecessary Controversy On Supreme Court Ruling
Zimbabwe Independent, 24 July 2015
The Supreme Court judgment in the case of Don Nyamande and Another v Zuva Petroleum (Private) Limited SC 43/15 handed down on July 17, 2015 has caused alarm and consternation… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Job Cuts Signify Economic Meltdown
Zimbabwe Independent, 24 July 2015
The alarming rate at which the economy is deteriorating is now being demonstrated by how blue-chip companies are instituting cost-cutting measures such as freezing recruitment of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Fresh Economic Crisis Looms, Unemployment to Surge
Financial Gazette, 23 July 2015
Zimbabwe's unemployment levels are set to surge to new record highs following indications from government that it is now determined to reinstitute the formal way of doing business… Read more »