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Johnstone
Johnstone
9 years ago

There is nothing wrong with the current law. there is no need for consultations when the reason for termination is retrenchment. the law should not be changed.

Mzika ya Lilongwe
9 years ago

Why is the supreme court coming with two different rulings? Why are we told that the constitution is the supreme law of the land? Why are we told that the acts of parliament simply add weight to the constitution? Why should Malawi waste resources ratifying these conventions and protocols? No wonder Malawi is the noor the poorest country in the world. We are poor even in thinking and because we are poor our judges are easily corrupted. They don’t have independent minds and that is why they go on strike anyhow.

Tili Chenene
Tili Chenene
9 years ago

Labour issues are somehow difficult to handle. If there is inconsistency between ILO and Malawian labour laws, I think Malawi’s laws are invalid unless she ceases to a member of commonwealth and UN

m'Malawi
m'Malawi
9 years ago

Eisenhower Mkaka and friends deserve a lot of appreciation for bringing forward this crucial issue for the benefit of fellow employees who may find themselves in this scenario tomorrow. However, I think companies need to be free to make changes to their staff establishments innirdee to be versatile and flexible in the face of technological and market changes. This is a crucial point where different countries are able to survive criemaes and grow faster like US and Britain at the moment and others stagnate and are bogged down partly because of labour laws that are too strong to let companies… Read more »

Elhapo
Elhapo
9 years ago

What is this “consultation” by the way? Is the employer being expected to seek the agreement of the employee before retrenchment? And how many of employees would gladly agree to be retrenched? Some of these provisions that we blindly adopt seem inappropriate in a pot country like ours!

Zex
Zex
9 years ago

Olemekezeka ma MP athu chonde chitaniponi kathu mwansanga chifukwa anthu ogwira ntchito azichotsedwa popanda chifukwa. Mabwana kwathu kuno ena ndiwoyipa mtima azinamizira retrenchment kumachotsa anthu osalakwa

NYOWANI
NYOWANI
9 years ago

terminating one’s employment based on retrenchment is a valid reason. this reason is enough. these employees did not commit any offence as per terms and conditions of employment that they were suppose to be accorded an opportunity to heard. FMB did the right thing as per employment act 2000. however, it is our Act that has gaps. surely parliament need to review the Act critically, otherwise, a lot of employees will suffer because of the way provisions in the Act were articulated.

Achimidzimidzi
Achimidzimidzi
9 years ago

Civil servants, watch out!
Public service reform is coming using this space in our legal framework.

clement
clement
9 years ago

Am not after MPs petition but the parliament building.The late prof Bingu must be commended had it. Kamuzu could have name this building Kamuzu Parliament.Now stupid pple talk likes of Kabwirakadyaa Kapasula nonsense about THE BINGU NATIONAL STADIUM.One day i will mute you wa mano ngati ntchenzi iwe.

Ollens Msonda
9 years ago

Your onservation in the deficiency of Employment Act is a good thing to all workers and we need to lobby our MPs to do us a favour.

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