Labour

DIPLOMA IN PAYROLL MANAGEMENT COURSE WORK

Q. The Labour market is charaectarised by a proliferation of labour disputes based on non payment of salaries, unfair dismissal, company closures and salary cuts.

Discuss the factors contributing to each and make recommendations.

Defination of terms

Non-payment of salaries

Factors contributing to non- payment of salaries

* Liquidity crunch

* High production costs

Recommendations

Buying of raw materials in large quantities will reduce production costs

Workers, who went on strike on March 29, say NRZ owes a total $87,5 million in unpaid salaries from January 2015 to March this year

Recommendations

Proper forecasting which allows the companies to navigate and overcome the trends of the economy.

Diversification, most companies should diversify their operations so that when they lose from the other operations they will be gaining on the other. For example Nyaradzo Group has a wide range of services. In the event that

Companies should start to produce quality goods to be able to compete on the export market to increase their capacity and also be able to compete locally with the exported goods.

* Mismanagement of funds/ misplaced priorities/ management incompetence.

Unfair dismissal

Factors contributing to unfair dismissal.

* The ruling passed by the Supreme court in the Don Nyamandi and Another vs Zuva Petroleum

The ruling passed by the Supreme Court on the above case opened a flood gate to employers to hire and fire willy nilly. The ruling exposed the contractual right by both employees and employers to terminate by notice loophole in the Labour Act that was overlooked by employers. Examples Econet Wireless, Telecel laid off employees.

* Lack of required expertise

There is lack of required of required expertise and knowledge. For example in some Companies the Administration Manager is the one who oversees H.R roles. This has a risk of overlooking labour aspects that are...