28 | Labour relations

National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Draft Constitution (2001)

Every worker has the right to fair and safe labour practices and standards and to be paid and at least a living wage consistent with the poverty datum line.
Every person has the right to form and join trade unions or employers associations of their choice.
Every worker has the right to strike, sit-in or stay-away, or such other concerted action.
Every trade union, employer’s organisation and employer has the right to engage in collective bargaining.
Men and women are entitled to equal remuneration for work of equal value.
Women workers are entitled to fully paid maternity leave.

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3 February 2010 - 2:08am — James Watadza (not verified)

GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN

IF I HAVE ONE FEMALE EMPLOYEE IN MY SMALL BUSINESS, AND SHE GOES ON LEAVE...WHY MUST I BE FORCED TO PAY 2 EMPLOYEES (THE PREGNANT AND THE REPLACEMENT/TEMP) FOR THE DECISION OF ONE (WHO IN DEPENDENTLY CHOSE TO HAVE A CHILD).

TWO WAY: EITHER I MUST HAVE CLAIM TO THE CHILD, SINCE I CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY, OR
I MUST, AS THE EMPLOYER, HAVE A SAY IN WHEN, THE EMPLOYEE CAN CONCEIVE....OTHERWISE, THIS PROVISION IS UNFAIR TO ME AS AN EMPLOYER...AND MAKE IT MORE SENSIBLE TO JUST AVOID WOMEN IN MY HIRING POLICY.

there is no argument anyone can make to justify paid maternity leave that will be fair to the employer. The employer is a human being too..with his own problems...the employee does not take a pay cut when the employer goes on maternity leave does she?

13 March 2011 - 2:34am — Amanda (not verified)

Going against the grain

I'm sorry, when you say "you must have claim" to the child, what is it that you mean? It is men like you with a mentality as shallow as this that are holding Zimbabwe back. Are you saying a woman should not have a child because you are afraid of paying her labour fees for two months after working for up to seven or eight months in your company? I think you need a reality check because i bet your mother was working be it in the fields or in a professional office job when she had you. This is not the times of the Neanderthals. You need a relity check and maybe shouldn't open a business because you are pretty good at discriminating. It also sounds as though you might have that dangerous mind of someone who wants to own people and if you've looked into history that's how slavery started. Maybe i shouldn't hire a man in my company because they can impregnate women and because men just aren't sensitive enough for my company....