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Labour Court
Grace Mawere & 4 Others v Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
[2016] ZWLC 816
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
30 December 2016
Citation
[2016] ZWLC 816
Judgment No.
LC/H/816/2016
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
G Musariri
Full Bench
G Musariri
Areas of Law
Labour lawRetrenchment law
Keywords
retrenchmentdiscriminationcollective bargainingarbitration award
Tags
retrenchment packagesdiscriminationcollective processarbitration appeal
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator erred in law by failing to appreciate that retrenchment is a collective process requiring equal packages for employees with identical positions","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellants received lower packages than colleagues with identical Senior Provincial Analyst positions"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the respondent was responsible for the discrepancy in retrenchment packages","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"RBZ owned Fiscorp and transferred appellants there; Fiscorp Board never approved position alignment"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The appellants, former employees of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe who were transferred to Fiscorp (Pvt) Ltd, were retrenched and received significantly lower packages than colleagues with identical positions. They claimed discrimination and challenged the arbitrator's dismissal of their claims.
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