By AARON CHIYANZOTHE raft of draconian labour laws threatening to collapse businesses and lead to mass job losses in Zambia will be the subject of a meeting which Zambia Federation of Employers the (ZFE) has called with the Minister of Labour and Social Security.This follows minister of Labour Joyce Simukoko’s sentiments that she had not heard from the employers over the biting law and that there was nothing wrong with it.ZFE executive director Harrington Chibanda said it had engaged Government to defer the implementation of the Employment Code Act No. 3 of 2019, which according to the commencement order was supposed to be in full force on May 12, 2020.“ZFE would like to inform all employers in the country that ZFE raised this matter among other issues on expectations from government to cushion Employers on the impact of COVID-19 that the Government should consider to defer the implementation of the Employment Act No. 3 of […]
Employers call for indaba over draconian law
