Adoption of Employment and Labour Relation Act (ELRA) No. 6 of 2004 by Private Organizations – in Mwanza City Council, Tanzania

Abstract

Organizations in the world operate under well-defined policies, rules and regulations which are approved by the higher authorities of the particular organizations. The Government of Tanzania (GoT) has set the minimum standards that all the employers should treat their employees with or above the minimum standards as described under ELRA No. 6 of 2004. The study has assessed the magnitude of adoption by private organizations to the actin Mwanza City Council. This study considered few elements of the act such as; working hours, remunerations, leaves, termination procedures, formulation and implementation of trade unions, employer-employee collective bargaining, strikes and proved that private employers are against the act and do not significantly implement at their workplace as required appropriately. The study focused on 32 private companies with a total of 986 employees in which stratified random sampling method was engaged to Obtain a sample of 384 respondents. Descriptive statistics involving mean scores were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Private companies put little consideration to their manpower by utilizing maximally with little payments targeting to maximize output. Private employers need to abide to the act so as to use the platform as motivational strategies to the employees and eventually reduce staff turnover in their organizations.