OIL FIRM NATION RAIDED Govt relaxes ‘stiff’ labour laws Daily
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Tuesday May 12, 2020
...in another mukula scam By FLAVIOR KANUNGO
GOVERNMENT has listened to the plight of employers and relaxed draconian separation and leave conditions in the new Employment
Act. This follows complaints from the Zambia Federation of Employers and other stakeholders that the proposed labour laws would have crippled companies in trying to fulfill payment
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Kasama MP warns UPND chief Mr. Sampa
of gratuity, leave days and overtime when most firms were struggling because of reduced business induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Minister of Labour and Social Security Joyce Nonde-Simukoko
Mr. Mucheleka
said yesterday Government has therefore exempted employers from complying with the redundancy notice period set out in section 55(2) of the Employment Code Act of 2019. (To page 3)
MINERS DEMAND JOB SECURITY Ms Simukoko
…apologise or else, Mucheleka told By SILUMESI MALUMO
…. Asks Govt to stand firm and protect jobs The two trucks the Scania from South Africa and the Freightliner (right), Zimbabwean registered where found laden with Mukula tree logs. [Pictures Linda Tembo Soko]
Germany gives Zambia K370 million for covid fight See story on Page 4
IMF talks on again
STORY ON PAGE 3
Covid-19 stats Kenya
Total test 260 250
Recovered
Cases
32,938
270
700
251
Deaths
33
Covid-19 stats Zambia
24 0 230 220 210 20 0
Total test
19 0 180 170
Cases
10, 555
267
Mr. Lusambo 150
Covid-19 positive cases by days
160
Covid-19 update
Recovered
117 • • • • •
Deaths
7
267 total cases recorded 286 tested in the last 24 hours No patients discharged No new case in the last 24hours 117 recovered
267 Cases
Demolish structures • Mwanakatwe reveals contributing to floods - Lusambo talks set for April P.4 See story on Page 3 14 0 130
120 110
10 0
90 80 70
60 50
Cases
Deaths
Discharged
40 30
20
10
0 Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Ministry of Health briefing by days
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GLENCORE International should not arm-twist Government because many miners will be subjected to abject poverty through mass job losses, the National Union for Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) has warned. And the union urged Government to stand firm and ensure that Glencore, the majority shareholder in Mopani Copper Mines, does not place the Kitwe and Mufulira assets on care and maintenance after 90 days. (To page 3)
Kenyatta and Odinga pledge to heal divisions See story on Page 19
Commonwealth sidelines ZCID on dialogue preps See story on Page 4
ConCourt must explain Minister of Local Government Charles Banda confers with National Breweries Managing Director Martin Makomva Chilanga vacancy - YALI whilst Local Government Permanent Secretary Ed Chomba looks on shortly after the donation of K100, 000 to the
Ministry of Local Government towards the fight of Covid-19 yesterday. . Picture by ROYD SIBAJENE/ZANIS See story on Page 2
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