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PF offers free services for unfairly dismissed workers

PF offers free services for unfairly dismissed workers
By Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone
Mon 21 May 2012, 13:40 CAT

THE PF will offer free legal services to any worker abused or unfairly dismissed in its efforts to change the ways of dealing with investors, says Wynter Kabimba.

And Kabimba who is the PF secretary general says the timeframe for members of the public to make submissions to the draft constitution may have to be extended to allow for the translation of the document into local languages.

Speaking when he addressed the business community at Court Yard Hotel on Friday, Kabimba said the PF would engage into what he termed positive discrimination to promote any business entity that would support its values.

"We know that you may have a problem with the work culture of some of your workers. The employment Act is very clear on the issues of employment such as a worker is entitled to a minimum one leave day, so follow the laid-down laws to dismiss a worker who is wrong. You will save yourself time of going to court," Kabimba said.

He said the PF government respects the rights of all investors and would give a chance to anybody to be heard before rushing into deportations.
Kabimba appealed to the business community to report to him if any member of the PF tried to extort money from them.

"We want you to realise your profits and look at Zambia as worth re-investing into. We have set up our own investment programme and created a company. We don't want to abuse government funds to finance the party. If you choose not to support us financially, that will not disadvantage you," he said.

Kabimba, who was flanked by Southern Province PF chairperson Joseph Akafumba, provincial political secretary Brian Hapunda and Livingstone district chairperson Fred Chibuye, said Zambia could only be developed by Zambians and foreign investors were supposed to only add value.

"We must aggregate our development; no country in the world has ever been developed by foreigners. If this happens, we will be the first ones on the planet. We want a strong civil society and labour movement to provide checks and balances and improve the business sector," Kabimba said.

During a press briefing, Kabimba said the roadmap of the constitution-making process included the printing of the document into local languages.

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