Zimbabwe
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2009
- Is the NEP under revision?
- No
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Sectoral ministries
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- Other
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- Regional
- No
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- Yes
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Ministry of Labour & Social Services, and Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation & Empowerment.Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- Yes
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- Yes
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- Yes
- Freely chosen employment
- Yes
- Full employment
- Yes
- Poverty reduction
- -
- Productive employment
- Yes
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The overall objective of the National Employment Policy Framework is to promote and secure sustainable, full, productive and freely chosen decent employment for all under conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- Strategies of the Policy Framework:
a) Macroeconomic Stabilisation, Broad-based and Inclusive Economic Recovery and Transformation;
b) Active Labour Market Policy Measures;
c) Creating an Enabling Legal and Regulatory Framework for Investment and Employment Creation;
d) Promotion of SMMEs (Enterprise Development);
e) Education and Training;
f) Productivity;
g) Integrated, Co-ordinated and Inclusive Approach to Labour Administration.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- Yes
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- NA
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- Yes
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- Yes
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- Yes
Additional information:
For detailed information on indicators, please see from pages 53 to 59 of the Zimbabwe National Employment Policy Framework.Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: people living with HIV/AIDS; the retrenched; ex-combatants.