By Robert Tapfumaneyi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, under siege from a restive government workforce constantly demanding increased and US dollar wages, has made a surprise appeal to Zimbabwean employers to treat their workers fairly.
Addressing journalists at State House Saturday, Mnangagwa also highlighted the country’s laws encouraged workers to freely engage.
Zimbabwean workers Saturday joined the rest of the world to commemorate Workers’ Day at a time the country’s workforce has seen incomes eroded by continued price increases coupled with a business that has been battered by an economically taxing Covid-19 pandemic.
Said the President, “In line with the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, Government, employers and workers alike, will continue to invest in occupational safety and health at the workplace.
Health, safety and a pandemic
Opinion
April 29, 2021
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work falls on April 28. The Covid-19 pandemic, and its profound impacts on the world of work, underscore just how important Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) is to all of us.
Workplaces can easily become contaminated with the novel coronavirus, exposing workers, their families and communities to the risk of infection. In addition to the risk of infection, workers in all sectors face additional hazards that have emerged due to new work practices and procedures adopted to mitigate the spread of the virus. Teleworking, for example, has led to ergonomic and psychosocial risks with some 65 percent of surveyed enterprises reporting that worker morale has been difficult to sustain while working from home.
By Dai Xiaochu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-28 09:55 Share CLOSE A nurse checks a traveler s body temperature at the airport in Zhangye, Northwest China s Gansu province, on Jan 26, 2020. [Photo by Wang Jiang/for chinadaily.com.cn]
The COVID-19 pandemic, and its profound impacts on the world of work, underscore just how important Occupational Safety and Health is to all of us.
Workplaces can easily become contaminated with the novel coronavirus, exposing workers, their families and communities to infection. In addition to the risk of infection, workers in all sectors face additional hazards that have emerged due to new work practices and procedures adopted to mitigate the spread of the virus. Remote work, for example, has led to ergonomic and psychosocial risks, with some 65 percent of surveyed enterprises reporting worker morale has been difficult to sustain while working from home.
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