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Mumba Malila, An Advocate For The Vulnerable Worker: Tiger Chicks (T/A Progressive Poultry Limited) V. Tembo Chrisford And Others Scz Appeal No. 06/2020 And Kasembo Transport Limited V. Collins John Kinnear Scz Appeal No. 89/2010, Chanda Chungu

SAIPAR Case Review

Basic conditions of employment refer to minimum conditions of employment that an employer must provide for employees. The law in Zambia has set minimum standards and basic conditions of employment for workers in the Employment Code Act. In addition to the Employment Code Act, specific groups of vulnerable workers have Ministerial Orders in the form of statutory instruments that provide specific basic conditions of employment. These statutory instruments, namely the General Order, Shop Workers Order, Domestic Workers Order and Truck and Bus Drivers Orders provide for the minimum wage and basic conditions of employment for specified, vulnerable workers and together …