Legal Opinion Sample in Tanzania

The following is a sample of legal from an Advocate to client.

[FIRM LETTERHEAD]

Date………………

Maisha Mazuri,
Managing Director,
ABC Ltd
P.O BOX 000
Arusha

Dear Maisha Mazuri

RE: A REASONED LEGAL OPINION ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES BASED ON EMPLOYEE’S FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS

You have informed us that your company, ABC Ltd is contemplating workforce termination for financial constraints reasons. Consequently, you have requested a legal opinion on the validity of the decision and the proper legal procedures for such actions under Tanzanian Law.

The following is our opinion based on your request;

1. DOCUMENTS EXAMINED
In rendering this opinion the following documents were perused and relied upon:
(a) The Employment and Labour Relations Act, Cap. 366 of R.E 2019
(c) Relevant Court Decisions

2. ISSUE
In this opinion, we seek to answer the question:

Whether it is lawful to terminate employees when the employer faces financial constraints

3. OPINION

The Employment and Labour Relations Act, Cap. 366 of R.E 2019 allows the employer to terminate the employee based on operational requirements.

According to that law operational requirements mean requirements based on the economic, technological, structural, or similar needs of the employer

It is our opinion that the financial constraints issue that your company is currently facing is falling within operational requirements angles.

Therefore it is lawful to terminate your employees based on that ground.

Procedures

The procedures to terminate an employee b