Labour Amendment Bill 2021, H.B. 14, 2021

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Labour Amendment
This Bill was gazetted on 19 November 2021
 

28/09/21

: Cabinet approved principles.

19/11/21

: Date of gazetting

15/02/22

: Bill appears on order paper

16/02/22

: Bill introduced to the National Assembly

16/02/22

: First reading

16/02/22

: Bill referred to Parliamentary Legal Committee

16/02/22

: Bill Referred to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee

30/05/22 - 03/06/22

: Public Hearings

21/06/22

: Bill’s Second Reading (First appearance on order paper)

21/07/22

: Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report [link] 

10/08/22

: Veritas Commentary on the Bill [link]

31/05/23

: Minister’s Second reading speech

31/05/23

: Minister’s response to report and debate

31/05/23

: Second Reading motion approved

31/05/23

: Committee Stage

31/05/23

: Bill sent to PLC on amendments

01/06/23

: PLC issued a non-adverse report on the amendments

01/06/23

: Third reading

01/06/23

: Bill transmitted to Senate

06/06/23

: Bill received by Senate

07/06/23

: Minister’s Second reading speech

07/06/23

: Second reading motion approved

07/06/23

: Committee Stage

07/06/23

: Third reading motion approved

07/06/23

: Bill passed by both Houses as amended

LABOUR AMENDMENT AMENDMENT BILL, 2021
 
Memorandum
 
 The Bill will amend the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01].  The amendments are being made to align the Labour Act with section 65 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions ratified by Zimbabwe. In order to align with section 65 of the Constitution, this Bill will expound on the rights to fair and safe labour practices and standards.
 The review also seeks to promote ease of doing business principles through streamlining and promoting timely conclusion of processes, particularly the labour dispute settlement and retrenchment processes. 
The Bill also takes care of emerging issues in the world of work such as labour broking, violence and harassment at the work place and emerging forms of employment relationships with a view to closing the lacuna in the existing legislation thus entrenching fair labour standards contemplated in section 65 of the Constitution.
 The Bill is a product of extensive consultations among representatives of Government, Business and Labour within the auspices of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF). It therefore represents convergence of competing interests among the tripartite constituents.ergence of competing interests among the
tripartite constituents.

 

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