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ZWE-1984-L-1850
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Labour Act [Chapter 28:01].
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Zimbabwe
Subjects (Classification)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations; General provisions; Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
1984
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Original title
Labour Relations Act, 1984 (Act 16 of 1985)
Abstract/Citation
Part I. Preliminary: short title, interpretation, purpose, application)
Part II. Fundamental rights of employees: union membership, prohibition of forced labour, protection against discrimination, etc.9
Part III. Unfair labour practices
Part IV. General conditions of employment: employment of young persons, duration and termination of contracts, remuneration, dismissal, retrenchment, benefits upon termination, sick leave, vacation leave, special leave, weekly rest, benefits in case of death of the employer, right of retention of employment in case of transfer of a business, maternity leave)
Part V. Advisory councils and wage and salary control: advisory councils, minimum wages, etc.)
Part VI. Workers committees: formation and functions
Part VII. Trade unions, employers organizations and federations of trade unions and employers organizations
Part VIII. Employment councils
Part IX. Repealed
Part X. Collective bargaining agreements negotiated by trade unions and employers organizations
Part XI. Labour court
Part XII. Determination of disputes and unfair labour practices
Part XIII. Collective job action
Part XIV. Employment agencies
Part XV. General
The Act repeals the Industrial Conciliation Act (Ch. 267), as published in the Legislative Series (LS 1964 - SR 1A, B, C), the Minimum Wages Act, 1980, and the Employment Act, 1980 which was also published in the Legislative Series (LS 1980 - Zim. 1). Consolidation available.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1993-01-15 (ZWE-1993-R-33437)
Labour Relations (Settlement of Disputes) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 30 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-01-15 (ZWE-1993-R-33437)
Labour Relations (Settlement of Disputes) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 30 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-01-22 (ZWE-1993-R-33440)
Labour Relations (Welfare and Educational Institutions) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 1) (S.I. No. 42 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-01-22 (ZWE-1993-R-33440)
Labour Relations (Welfare and Educational Institutions) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 1) (S.I. No. 42 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-01-15 (ZWE-1993-R-33441)
Labour Relations (General) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 31 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-01-15 (ZWE-1993-R-33441)
Labour Relations (General) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 31 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1994-02-25 (ZWE-1994-R-36999)
Labour Relations (Undertaking of the Grain Marketing Board) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 46 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1994-02-25 (ZWE-1994-R-36999)
Labour Relations (Undertaking of the Grain Marketing Board) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 46 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1993-08-27 (ZWE-1993-R-37006)
Labour Relations (Sundry Employment Regulations) (Repeal) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 258 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-08-27 (ZWE-1993-R-37006)
Labour Relations (Sundry Employment Regulations) (Repeal) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 258 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-09-10 (ZWE-1993-R-37007)
Labour Relations (Chegutu Municipal Undertaking) (Employment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 274 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-09-10 (ZWE-1993-R-37007)
Labour Relations (Chegutu Municipal Undertaking) (Employment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 274 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-09-17 (ZWE-1993-R-37008)
Labour Relations (Dairy Trade Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 275 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-09-17 (ZWE-1993-R-37008)
Labour Relations (Dairy Trade Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 275 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-09-17 (ZWE-1993-R-37009)
Labour Relations (Brickmaking and Clay Products Industry) (Employment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 277 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-09-17 (ZWE-1993-R-37009)
Labour Relations (Brickmaking and Clay Products Industry) (Employment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 277 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-11-05 (ZWE-1993-R-37012)
Labour Relations Milling Industry Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 5) (S.I. No. 328 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-11-05 (ZWE-1993-R-37012)
Labour Relations Milling Industry Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 5) (S.I. No. 328 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-11-05 (ZWE-1993-R-37013)
Labour Relations (Canvas and Allied Products Industry) (Employment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 334 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-11-05 (ZWE-1993-R-37013)
Labour Relations (Canvas and Allied Products Industry) (Employment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 334 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-11-12 (ZWE-1993-R-37014)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 1) (S.I. No. 347 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-11-12 (ZWE-1993-R-37014)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 1) (S.I. No. 347 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-12-03 (ZWE-1993-R-37016)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 373 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-12-03 (ZWE-1993-R-37016)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 373 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-12-10 (ZWE-1993-R-37017)
Labour Relations (Plastics Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 378 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-12-10 (ZWE-1993-R-37017)
Labour Relations (Plastics Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 2) (S.I. No. 378 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-12-24 (ZWE-1993-R-37018)
Labour Relations (Baking Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 4) (S.I. No. 398 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1993-12-24 (ZWE-1993-R-37018)
Labour Relations (Baking Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (No. 4) (S.I. No. 398 of 1993)
Implementing text(s)
1994-10-21 (ZWE-1994-R-39343)
Labour Relations (Undertaking of the Cotton Marketing Board)(Employment)(Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 4) (S.I. 256 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1994-10-21 (ZWE-1994-R-39343)
Labour Relations (Undertaking of the Cotton Marketing Board)(Employment)(Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 4) (S.I. 256 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1994-10-21 (ZWE-1994-R-39344)
Labour Relations (Sugar-refining Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 2) (S.I. 252 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1994-10-21 (ZWE-1994-R-39344)
Labour Relations (Sugar-refining Industry) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 2) (S.I. 252 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1994-04-08 (ZWE-1994-R-39887)
Labour Relations (Undertaking of the Cotton Marketing Board) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 2) (S.I. 65 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1994-04-08 (ZWE-1994-R-39887)
Labour Relations (Undertaking of the Cotton Marketing Board) (Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 (No. 2) (S.I. 65 of 1994)
Implementing text(s)
1997-03-14 (ZWE-1997-R-46825)
Labour Relations (Employment of Children and Young Persons) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 72 of 1997).
Implementing text(s)
1997-03-14 (ZWE-1997-R-46825)
Labour Relations (Employment of Children and Young Persons) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 72 of 1997).
Implementing text(s)
1998-08-14 (ZWE-1998-R-52042)
Labour Relations (HIV and AIDS) Regulations (S.I. 202 of 1998).
Implementing text(s)
1998-08-14 (ZWE-1998-R-52042)
Labour Relations (HIV and AIDS) Regulations (S.I. 202 of 1998).
Implementing text(s)
2000-03-24 (ZWE-2000-R-56993)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 (No. 9 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
2000-03-24 (ZWE-2000-R-56993)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 (No. 9 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
1985 (ZWE-1985-R-57004)
Labour Relations (General Conditions of Employment) (Termination of Employment)(Amendment) Regulations (No. 1 of 1990).
Implementing text(s)
1985 (ZWE-1985-R-57004)
Labour Relations (General Conditions of Employment) (Termination of Employment)(Amendment) Regulations (No. 1 of 1990).
Implementing text(s)
2000 (ZWE-2000-M-57005)
Labour Relations (Specification of Minimum Wages)(Amendment) Notice (No. 5 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
2000 (ZWE-2000-M-57005)
Labour Relations (Specification of Minimum Wages)(Amendment) Notice (No. 5 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
1999-12-07 (ZWE-1999-M-57387)
Collective Bargaining Agreement: Motor Industry (S.I. 237 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
1999-12-07 (ZWE-1999-M-57387)
Collective Bargaining Agreement: Motor Industry (S.I. 237 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
2000-07-19 (ZWE-2000-M-57388)
Collective Bargaining Agreement: Commercial Sectors (S.I. 236 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
2000-07-19 (ZWE-2000-M-57388)
Collective Bargaining Agreement: Commercial Sectors (S.I. 236 of 2000).
Implementing text(s)
2001-10-02 (ZWE-2001-R-60637)
Labour Relations (Specification of Minimum Wages) (Amendment) Notice, 2001 (No. 7).
Implementing text(s)
2001-10-02 (ZWE-2001-R-60637)
Labour Relations (Specification of Minimum Wages) (Amendment) Notice, 2001 (No. 7).
Implementing text(s)
2001-10-19 (ZWE-2001-R-60638)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 (No. 11).
Implementing text(s)
2001-10-19 (ZWE-2001-R-60638)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 (No. 11).
Implementing text(s)
2003 (ZWE-2003-R-68698)
Labour Relations (Protection Against Any Acts of Interference Between Workers' Orgnisation and Employers' Organisation) Regulations, 2003 (S.I. 131 of 2003).
Implementing text(s)
2006-01-27 (ZWE-2006-R-73402)
Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 15 of 2006).
Implementing text(s)
2003-10-24 (ZWE-2003-R-73408)
Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Regulations, 2003 (S.I. 217 of 2003).
Implementing text(s)
2006-04 (ZWE-2006-R-73664)
Labour Court Rules, 2006 (S.I. 59 of 2006) [Cap. 28:01].
Implementing text(s)
2006 (ZWE-2006-R-75455)
Labour Relations (Domestic Workers) Employment (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 (No. 16 of 2006).
Implementing text(s)
2006 (ZWE-2006-M-75456)
Labour Relations (Specification of Minimum Wages) (Amendment) Notice, 2006 (No. 11 of 2006). Statutory Instrument No. 98 of 2006).
Implementing text(s)
2016-11-25 (ZWE-2016-L-104408)
Labour Court (Fees) Rules, 2016 (S.I. 145 of 2016).
Implementing text(s)
2016-07-15 (ZWE-2016-R-104411)
Labour (Employment Code of Conduct National Employment Council for Schools Development Associations and Committees in Government and Council-run Schools) Regulations, 2016 (S.I. No. 72 of 2016).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1992 (ZWE-1992-L-31526)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1992 (No. 12 of 1992)
Amending text(s)
1992 (ZWE-1992-L-31526)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1992 (No. 12 of 1992)
Amending text(s)
2001-02-01 (ZWE-2001-L-58735)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2000 (H.B. 24 of 2000).
Amending text(s)
2001-02-01 (ZWE-2001-L-58735)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2000 (H.B. 24 of 2000).
Amending text(s)
2001 (ZWE-2001-L-62464)
Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 22).
Amending text(s)
2001 (ZWE-2001-L-62464)
Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 22).
Amending text(s)
2002 (ZWE-2002-L-63380)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2002 (No. 17 of 2002).
Amending text(s)
2002 (ZWE-2002-L-63380)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2002 (No. 17 of 2002).
Amending text(s)
2005 (ZWE-2005-L-72878)
Labour Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 7 of 2005).
Amending text(s)
2015-08 (ZWE-2015-L-101341)
Labour Amendment Act, 2015 (No.5 0f 2015).
Amending text(s)
2023-07-14 (ZWE-2023-L-115130)
Labour Amendment Act, 2023 (No. 11)
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1994 (ZWE-1994-L-41989)
Export Processing Zones Act [Chapter 14:07].
Related text(s)
1994 (ZWE-1994-L-41989)
Export Processing Zones Act [Chapter 14:07].
Related text(s)
1998 (ZWE-1998-R-51507)
Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Labour Relations) Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 368A of 1998).
Related text(s)
1998 (ZWE-1998-R-51507)
Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Labour Relations) Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 368A of 1998).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Veritas Trust
Publisher
Kubatana, the NGO Network Alliance Project
Country
Zimbabwe
URL
http://www.kubatana.net/
File
Labour Act No. 16 of 1985, as amended.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act 3/2016)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Parliament of Zimbabwe
URL
http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/
File
ZWE1850 2002.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act 17/2002)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Commentary on the Labour Act (including Act as amended up to 30 Dec. 2005)
Author
George Makings
Publisher
Howard Dean & Co
Place of publication
Harare
Country
Zimbabwe
Date
2006-03
Edition
5th Edition
Serial region
Serial title
Government Gazette
Date
1985
Number
N. 16
Page range
p. 169-249
Serial title
Revised edition 1996 (Chapter 28:01)