City of Harare v Ernest Magaya & 10 Others

[2016] ZWLC 530

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

9 September 2016

Citation

[2016] ZWLC 530

Judgment No.

LC/H/530/16

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

Hove J

Full Bench

Hove J

Areas of Law

Labour lawCollective bargaining

Keywords

Grade placementJob evaluationPrescriptionContinuing unfair labour practice

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the claim had prescribed under section 94 of the Labour Act","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Dispute referred more than 2 years after cause of action arose"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator was grossly unreasonable in finding respondents were wrongly graded","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Job evaluation recommendations, implementation for some employees, same duties performed"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The respondents, employees of the City of Harare, claimed they were wrongly placed in grade 11 instead of grade 10 when deployed to driving duties. The matter was arbitrated and the arbitrator found in their favour, ordering their placement in grade 10. The appellant appealed against this award.

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