Labour Act

Thousands of workers whose contracts were arbitrarily terminated on notice pursuant to the infamous Zuva Petroleum judgment of July 2015 will now be paid damages for loss of employment.
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The Sheriff of the High Court yesterday attached vehicles, machinery and other movable property belonging to the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) following an execution order granted by the court over retrenched employees’ unpaid…
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By Daniel Nemukuyu The case in which a Harare woman was contesting the constitutionality of a labour law that denies newly-employed women of less than one year service from enjoying their right to fully-paid maternity leave has been…
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BULAWAYO — Former African Sun chief executive officer, Shingi Munyeza, has said the firing of over 25 000 workers across the country following the July 17 Supreme Court ruling which allowed companies to dismiss workers on a three months’…
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By Auxilia Katongomara The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries yesterday said employers have “no capacity” to pay packages to some 25,000 workers they dismissed on three months notice in terms of the July 17 Supreme Court ruling.…
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By Dumisani Ndlela HARARE - Zimbabwe's Labour Amendment Bill (LAB), (signed into law by President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday), could become the most disputed law after the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said it was preparing to…
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By Alex T. Magaisa I understand the plight of workers, but I disagree with retrospective legislation. It is a path beset with danger and booby-traps. In this piece, I explain my views on the Labour Amendment Bill No. 7 of 2015 currently…
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By Andrew Kunambura 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 Bill (LAB) without any of the proposed…
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HARARE - Zimbabwe's lower house of parliament has approved a bill making it harder to fire workers, after thousands were sacked following a controversial Supreme Court ruling in July. The state-owned Herald newspaper reported on…
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By Innocent Ruwende HARARE - 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 employers to sack employees…
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