A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legally binding contract that establishes a confidential relationship. The party or parties signing the agreement decide that sensitive/confidential information exchanged for a particular purpose will not be made available to third parties. An NDA may also be referred to as a confidentiality agreement. A non-disclosure agreement is one of …
In a number of cases people are married customarily and their marriages are not registered hence the reference to unregistered customary union. Different legal principles apply to the sharing of property upon dissolution of an unregistered customary union. Thus, the Matrimonial Causes Act which applies to the division of property on termination of a marriage …
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A collective job action, commonly referred to as a ‘strike’ is a concerted industrial action resulting in cessation of work calculated to persuade or cause a party to an employment relationship to accede to a demand related to employment and it includes a strike, work boycott, lock out, sit in or sit out or any …
The first question to be asked when seeking to resolve any labour law dispute is whether the parties are indeed ‘employees’ and ‘employers’ within the meaning of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 or the common law. If they are not, then the Labour Act and other relevant statutory instruments do not apply to them. In …
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A Non-Marriage Certificate is a document issued by the Registrar of Marriages confirming a person’s marital status. It is usually required where a Zimbabwean national intends to marry abroad or where a Zimbabwean intends to marry a foreigner in Zimbabwe. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as a Certificate of Freedom to Marry …
The purpose of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 is to advance social justice and democracy at the workplace by seeking to promote fair labour standards among other things.(S 2A (1)(d). In line with this purpose, the Act defines certain acts or omissions which constitute ‘unfair labour practices by employer’. The Act provides that an employer …
Unopposed divorce action is also referred to as uncontested divorce action. It is an ‘action’ because divorce can only be commenced by way of a summons and not an application. There are three circumstances under which a divorce action can be said to be unopposed and these are; Cases where the defendant having been served …
It often happens that an employer adopt an incorrect procedure in disciplining an employee. This may arise from for example, use of a wrong code of conduct, failure to follow a code of conduct in executing a disciplinary process or where the employer summarily dismisses an employee without a hearing. These circumstances and alike may …
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A person who is a minor is generally regarded as being not competent to manage his/her own affairs. The same applies to a person who is under disability, mental or otherwise (which renders him/her incapable of administering his/her own property). The major issue arises when the parent/guardian of a minor or a person looking after …
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A right of first refusal is a right to be given preference as against third parties in the event that a party decides to conclude a contract. If the contemplated contract is a contract of sale it is referred to as a right of pre-emption. The person who gives the right is called the grantor …
