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Zimbabwe:
Govt Seeks to Reverse Court Ruling On Job Cuts
Financial Gazette, 14 August 2015
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government on Friday issued new labour regulations that sought to reverse a July 17 Supreme Court ruling allowing employers to terminate contracts on… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Workers Duped
Financial Gazette, 20 August 2015
WORKERS might not be the biggest winners in the labour law amendment as earlier thought, with Senate -- the upper House of Parliament -- widely tipped to pass the Labour Amendment… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
'Back-Dated' Changes to Zim Labour Laws Problematic
News24Wire, 19 August 2015
Allowing Zimbabwe's parliament to make back-dated changes to labour laws could backfire, an opposition leader warned on Wednesday. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Ex Zuva Duo Remain Losers
Financial Gazette, 20 August 2015
THE law, its makers and the devil appear to continue conspiring against the two former Zuva Petroleum managers, Don Nyamande and Kingstone Donga, as the cut-off date of July 17, to… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Bill Splits Business, Workers
Financial Gazette, 20 August 2015
PASSAGE of the Labour Amendment Bill (LAB) in the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday dramatically split business and labour, with captains of industry warning of dire economic… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Job Losses Need Not Become a National Disaster
The Herald, 19 August 2015
Yesterday I got the opportunity to listen to an interesting programme on StarFM radio in which lawyer, author and motivational speaker Mr Arthur Marara spoke passionately about the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Kasukuwere Blocks City of Harare Dismissals
The Herald, 19 August 2015
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Cde Saviour Kasukuwere has reversed the decision by the Harare City Council to dismiss 3000 council workers based on… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
No Council Workers Will Be Fired
MDC, 19 August 2015
The MDC Harare Province wishes to make it categorically clear that it will not allow the MDC-dominated council to fire even a single employee in line with the recent Supreme Court… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
200 Lose Jobs At Zimpost
The Herald, 20 August 2015
Zimpost has fired almost 200 workers, taking advantage of the recent Supreme Court judgment that empowered employers to fire workers after giving them three months' notice. The… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Govt Blocks City's Bid to Fire 3 000
The Herald, 20 August 2015
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has stopped Harare City Council from firing 3 000 workers at one fell swoop without giving a proper… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Harare Council Lays Off Over 3 000 Workers, With Court's Backing
News24Wire, 19 August 2015
Zimbabwe's Harare City Council has moved to lay off over 3 000 workers in line with the country's Supreme Court ruling last month that gave employers the leeway to terminate job… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
15 Dismissed Zimplats Workers Challenge Notices
The Herald, 19 August 2015
Zimbabwe Platinum Mines has been taken to court by 15 of its workers after it terminated retrenchment proceedings that were already under way and fired them on three months'… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Council Fires 3 000 Workers
The Herald, 19 August 2015
AT least 3 000 Harare City Council workers will receive their letters of termination of contract on three months' notice today in line with the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
ZCTU Says Retrenched Workers Dying of Stress, Warns of More Casualties
New Zimbabwe, 18 August 2015
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said the current job terminations have led to a number of stress induced deaths among those abruptly retrenched without… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Harare City Council Fires 3,000 Workers
New Zimbabwe, 18 August 2015
HARARE City Council has laid off about 3,000 workers using the recent Supreme Court ruling which allowed the dismissal of employees on three months' notice. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe Job Losses - Govt's Crocodile Tears
Waza, 17 August 2015
A ruling by Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has led to more than 20000 workers losing their jobs, according to worker's unions. In his inaugural blog for Waza, Blessing Ivan Vava… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe Job Losses Hit 20,000 in Month - Union
Daily Trust, 16 August 2015
Zimbabwe has lost 20,000 jobs in the last month after a court ruled that companies can fire workers by giving them three months' notice, the main labour union said on Sunday. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Sudden Job Termination, Brutal Amputation Without Anaesthetic
The Herald, 18 August 2015
A TIRED, thirsty and starving man who had been travelling for days, got to a village and pitifully begged for food. The man who received him sympathised with his famished state and… Read more »
