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LABOUR RELATIONS AMENDMENT
PRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE, LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE
BILL
To amend the Labour Relations Act [Chapter 28:01], the Export Processing
Zones Act [Chapter l4: 07] and the Public Service Act [Chapter 6:04],
and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
ENACTED by the President and the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2001.
2 New section substituted for section 1 of Cap. 28:01
Section 1of the Labour Relations Act [Chapter 28:01] (hereinafter called “the principal Act”) is repealed and the
following is substituted –
“1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01].”.
3 Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 28:01
Section 2 of the principal Act is amended –
15 (a) by the insertion of the following definitions –
““assessor” means a member of the Labour Court appointed in terms of section eight-four;
“casual work" means work for which an employee is engaged by an employer for not more than a total of six
weeks in any four consecutive months;
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