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Labour
(Declaration of Essential Services) Notice, 2003
June 13, 2003
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The Labour (Declaration
of Essential Services) Notice, 2003, published in Statutory Instrument
137 of 2003, was made in terms of paragraph (b) of the definition of "essential
service" in section 102 of the Labour Act. The definition applies
to Part XIII of the Act only. The Part is headed COLLECTIVE JOB ACTION.
View
these sections of the Labour Relations Act and Section 103 which
outlines appeal procedures.
NOTE: In section
2(e) there is no paragraph (vi).
The printed Statutory Instrument has the identical defect
Statutory Instrument 137 of 2003.
[CAP. 28:01
Labour (Declaration of Essential
Services) Notice, 2003
THE Minister of Public Service,
Labour and Social Welfare hereby, in terms of paragraph (b) of section
102 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01], publishes the following
notice:—
1. This notice may
be cited as the Labour (Declaration of Essential Services) Notice, 2003.
2. The following
services are hereby declared to be essential services in terms of section
102 of the Act—
(a) services provided
by the fire brigade or any other fire services performed by—
(i) drivers;
(ii) control room
attendants;
(iii) chief fire
officers and assistants;
(iv) divisional
officers and supervisors of fighters; and
(v) station officers;
(b) services relating
to the supply and distribution of water and provided by—
(i) pump operators
(ii) those responsible
for water treatment;
(iii) plumbers;
(iv) electricians;
and
(v) engineers;
(c) veterinary services
provided by —
(i) laboratory technologists;
(ii) laboratory
assistants;
(iii) veterinary
surgeons and veterinary doctors;
(iv) persons employed
in a disease surveillance unit;
(v) field branch
personnel of the veterinary services department;
(vi) animal health
inspectors;
(vii) veterinary
livestock technicians;
(viii) the head
of field veterinary services;
involved in the diagnosis
and control of rabies, foot-and-mouth disease and anthrax and the
control of locusts and army worm;
(d) services provided
by revenue specialists involved in the performance of security and health
checks at airports and other ports of entry on behalf of the Zimbabwe
Revenue Authority established in terms of section 3 of the Revenue Act
[Chapter 23:11];
(e) health
services provided by—
(i) ambulance drivers;
(ii) doctors;
(iii) nurses;
(iv) pharmacists;
(v) radiographers;
(vii) physiotherapists;
(viii) pharmacy
technicians;
(ix) rehabilitation
technicians;
(x) dental therapists;
(xi) medical laboratory
scientists;
(xii) medical laboratory
technologists;
(xiii) laboratory
assistants;
(xiv) laboratory
technicians;
(xv) dentists;
(xvi) environmental
health officers;
(xvii) environmental
health technicians;
(xviii) electro
cardiogram technicians;
(xix) hospital equipment
technicians;
(xx) X-ray operators
(xxi) dark room
assistants;
(xxii) occupational
therapists;
(f) transport and
communication services provided by—
(i) telecommunication
technicians, drivers and mechanics in the industry;
(ii) aircraft technician
engineers;
(iii) air traffic
controllers in the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe established
in terms of section 4 of the Civil Aviation Act [Chapter 13:16];
(iv) meteorological
technicians;
(v) road technicians
and engineers;
(vi) engineers,
signals officers and engine men at the National Railway of Zimbabwe
established in terms of section 3 of the Railways Act [Chapter
13:09];
(g) electrical services
provided by a person licensed under the Electricity Act [Chapter
13:19] and performed by the operational staff and any staff of contractors
hired by such person; and
(h) services provided
by any public broadcaster during a state of disaster declared in terms
of section 27 of the Civil Protection Act [Chapter 10:06] or
in an emergency likely to be declared a state of disaster in terms of
that Act..
3 Any non-essential
service may be declared an essential service by the Minister if a strike
in a sector, service industry or enterprise persists to the point that
the lives, personal safety or health of the whole or part of the population
is endangered.
Published as a supplement
to the Government Gazette dated the 13th June, 2003
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