Cover; Title page; Copyright page; About the Author; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; CHAPTER ONE
Definition, Purpose and Sources of Labour Law; What is labour law?; Purposes of Labour Law; Sources of Labour Law; Common Law; Custom; Authoritative Texts; CHAPTER TWO
History of Labour Law; Introduction; First Component of Labour Law: Proclamation of 10 June 1891; Second Component of Labour Law: Hut Tax Ordinance of 1894; Third Component of Labour Law: Public Service Regulations, 1898; Fourth Component of Labour Law: Natives Employment Ordinance, 1899.

Fifth Component of Labour Law: Master and Servants Ordinance, 1901Sixth Component of Labour Law: Industrial Dispute Ordinance, 1920; Seventh Component of Labour Law: Industrial Conciliation Act, 1934; Eighth Component of Labour Law: Industrial Conciliation Act, 1945; Ninth Component of Labour Law: Industrial Conciliation Act, 1959; Post-independence Developments; CHAPTER THREE
The Contract of Employment: Formation and Operation; Introduction; Defining an employment relationship; The role of the parties in determining whether or not a contract of employment exists.

Essentials of contract of employmentCategories of employees; Sources of terms and conditions of employment; CHAPTER FOUR
Contract of Employment: Rights and Obligations of the Parties; Duties of the Employee; Obligations of the employer; CHAPTER FIVE
Termination of Employment: (i) General; Introduction; Termination under the common law; Termination Under Statute; CHAPTER SIX
Termination of Employment (ii) Termination Under the Model Code; Introduction; What is the Model Code?; CHAPTER SEVEN
Termination of Employment (iii). Termination under code of conduct; Introduction.

Registration of code of conductInterpretation of code of conduct; Codes and Managerial Employees; Common Offences; CHAPTER EIGHT
Termination of Employment (iv) Retrenchment; Introduction; Rationale of Retrenchment Law; CHAPTER NINE
Termination of Employment 5. Remedies for Unlawful Termination; Introduction; CHAPTER TEN
Freedom of Association and the Right to Organize; 10.1 Freedom of Association: General Aspects; 10.2 Trade Union Freedom: General Aspects; 10.3 The right to form or join a trade unions in Zimbabwe; 10.4 Formation and Registration of Trade Unions.

10.5 Rights of registered trade unions10.6 Deregistration of a trade union; CHAPTER ELEVEN
Collective Bargaining; What is collective bargaining?; Role of collective bargaining; Representatives of the parties in collective bargaining; Levels of collective bargaining; Duty to bargain?; Duty to bargain in 'absolute good faith'; Duty of disclosure when financial incapacity is alleged; Issues for collective bargaining; Deadlocks in collective bargaining; Binding nature and scope of coverage of collective bargaining agreements; Interpretation of collective bargaining agreements.