Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:26:07 +0000 By MAILESI BANDA GOVERNMENT has challenged employees working as casuals in parastatal companies to take management to court as the law to ban casualization has already been passed. Labour and Social Security Minister, Joyce Nonde-Simukoko, said the role of the Government was to formulate and enact laws and it was up to the affected parties to act when their rights were infringed upon. The minister said the law did not have specifications as to who it applied to, but was universal and Government institutions were not an exception. She was reacting to allegations from the Zambia Union of Financial and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) general secretary Chingati Msiska that Government had more people employed on casual basis than the private sector. Mr. Chingati said there was need for both the Government and the private sector to understand the labour laws and work towards implementing them. “There are more casual […]
