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The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 ruled in favour of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) employees whose contracts were recently nullified by the former Ombudsman, Martha Chizuma, allegedly because their employment was irregular.
In her investigation report on MACRA’s recruitment processes, dated May 10, 2021, the former Ombudsman invalidated 16 employment contracts after detecting several procedural illegalities and irregularities.
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MACRA proceeded to implement the Ombudsman’s order and dismissed the employees.
The affected employees included Director General, Godfrey Itaye, Administration Manager, McDonald Pato Phoya, Technical Advisor on Digital Migration, Benson Tembo, and Director of Administration, Henry Macheso, among others.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) have denounced the passing of the controversial Labour Relations (Amendment) Bill of 2021 and the Employment (Amendment) Bill of 2021 by the Malawi Parliament without consulting local Tripartite Labour Advisory Council (TLAC).
ITUC and ITUC-Africa, in a statement released on Wednesday, have strongly condemned the President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera-led administration for trying to limit the right to strike and to punish workers who exercise this right.
The statement further urges President Chakwera not to assent to the bill and to refer it back to the Tripartite Labour Advisory Council for meaningful and thorough consultation, taking into account the technical advice of the ILO.
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Tonse Alliance government’s stand to amend the Labour Relations laws continues to attract mixed reactions with the Employer’s Consultative Association of Malawi (ECAM) supporting the contentious proposal that will mandate employers to deduct wages of an employee on strike.
The Industrial Relations Amendment Bill, which was presented in Parliament last week by the Deputy Minister of Labour Vera Kantukule is believed will result into the violation of workers’ rights.
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Kantukule told the august House that there was a need to strike a balance on the right to strike and need to produce an economy.