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In a statement, Emcoz behaviour change and communications officer Mr Edmund Mushambi said the establishment of a resource base was resolved at a recent arbitration seminar in Harare to address “central and contentious” labour market issues in Zimbabwe.
“It was resolved that to promote evidence-based advocacy, employers should build a resource base on arbitration rulings at Emcoz. This saves time and money in researching case law,” he said.
Employers and labour unions have disagreed on labour market issues that include the Poverty Datum Line (PDL), executive perks, and remission of union dues, indigenisation regulations and productivity.
Mr Mushambi said most of the labour market concerns were arising from an inefficient human resources policy environment resulting in the need for employers to audit their human resources policies to ensure they were in line with the law.
Mr Mushambi said Emcoz also resolved that its membership should finalise the position on qualifications of arbitrators and fees for arbitration which were outstanding in discussions with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.
Emcoz and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions are expected to meet before the end of the month to determine a plan of action in view of labour market concerns on salaries.
Trade unions have raised concern over high salaries being paid executives while ordinary workers were earning below the PDL, which stands at $567.
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