The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has warned of stern action against bus operators who are flouting the statutory instrument (SI) number 47 of 2012 on the amended minimum wages and conditions of employment Act.
Speaking this morning in Lusaka at a stakeholders’ consultative meeting, Deputy Minister of Labour Ronald Chitotela urged bus drivers to demand to sign contracts of employment with their employers, the bus operators.
Mr. Chitotela, who was disappointed with the low turnout of bus operators at the meeting, also called on the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) to collaborate with the Ministry of Labour in implementing statutory instrument number 47.
He said this can be done by ensuring that all bus operators seeking to apply for road service licences produce employment contracts from the Ministry of Labour that meet the conditions of the employment Act.
And Private and Public Drivers Association of Zambia Secretary General Josiah Majuru complained that bus operators have not implemented the revised minimum wage.
Mr. Majuru also said his association was facing the challenge of casualisation, which was compounded by many other problems in the transport sector.
He urged government to seriously address the various challenges which the sector was facing.
Meanwhile, Labour Commissioner, Mukamasole Kasanda has called for serious observation of the law of attestation by ensuring that all employers follow the employment Act cap 268 of the laws of Zambia.
Mrs. Kasanda has since demanded that all contracts of employment signed between bus operators and bus drivers should be immediately submitted to the Ministry of Labour to encourage decent wages and create sanity in the transport sector.
The meeting was attended by government officials from the Ministry of Labour, RTSA, bus operators and their drivers among other stakeholders.
ZANIS
Im selling my bus. this issue and shamenda at the helm. Nothing but chaos.
dont be foolish.u spend more than 500 pin on beers on a weekend nw u cnt pay smeone tht much for his family useless chapsÂ
Go for them.The have increased bus fares….
Just go to the barbar shop or perhaps you can help GBM catch the malion brothers using the charms in your beard
this govt is serious,do the drivers still wear uniforms?
How about that thing of painting the buses in PF colours now that Professor Luo has moved to PF, how far has it gone?
Bus drivers already get more than the minimum wage. That is why they are not interested in this issue. they have a set cashing and anything they make over their cashing belongs to them. with the minimum wage they will have to give up the extra cash they make. Good luck getting them to do that
Tell GBM first.
Loleni uko ba cement (shamenda) imwe.
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