He also cited the Labour Relations Act (2007) Section 80 (1) b which states that an employee who takes part in a strike that is not in compliance with the provisions of this Act – that is an illegal strike – is deemed to have breached the employment contract and is not entitled to any payment or any other benefit under the Act, in the period of the illegal strike.
He further said that, “the Employment Act 2007 Section 17 states that “an employer shall pay the entire amount of the wages earned by or payable to an employee in respect of work done by the employee in pursuance of contract of service directly.”
The stand comes after the teachers union agreed to call off their second planned strike after the matter was taken over by the president last week after meeting KNUT officials at State House.
KNUT Secretary General Mudzo Nzili addressing the press on Friday, August 2 described the president’s decision to take up the matter as a “defining moment in the history of teachers of this country.”
“For quite some time we have wished the intervention of the president of this country and that moment has come today when he demonstrated his love by extending an invitation to KNUT officials to State House,” he said.
At the time, KNUT Chairman Wilson Sossion urged the teachers to continue delivering their services with zeal and devotion in order to finish the syllabus within the given timeline.
“We thank the president and his entire government for taking personal responsibility. We shall ensure there is industrial peace in reciprocating this good gesture,” he said.
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