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Article

5 Jun 2015

Author:
Peter Adamu, Zambia Reports

Zambia: Worker's compensation fund and trade union host workshop on occupation health and safety

'ZCTU cautions employers against abusers', 5 Jun 2015: The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has expressed concerned with the increasing numbers of abuse cases against workers by some employers in the country….[T]he congress has warned that it will spare no efforts in dealing with [such] employers…Speaking during the ZCTU workshop on occupational health safety in Lusaka…organized by the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board, ZCTU Vice President Newman Bubala says employers should realize that for workers to be productive, they must be healthy, safe and motivated…Bubala…note[d] that…employers overlook…occupational health [and] safety because they consider it…an unnecessary cost to the company…Workers Compensation Fund Control…Board Member Betty Mtambo, says the workshop has been arranged because…the Board would like to…build the capacity of unions…[to] effectively negotiate[e]…clauses in their collective agreements that protect the interests of workers in terms of safety and healthy.