MDC condemns court ruling on labour

OPPOSITION MDC has condemned the recent Supreme Court landmark judgment that granted employers the right to terminate employment on three months’ notice and without provision for retrenchment packages.

In a statement, the party’s secretary for labour and social welfare Tobias Mudzimurema said Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku’s landmark ruling last Friday was based on a flawed Labour Act, and was subject to abuse by employers.

“It is sad that in a country where unemployment rate exceeds 90% of the total population, employers have been given the green light to ill-treat the few who remain in formal employment” Mudzimurema said.

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