Jacob Charowa v Christian Care & Anor

[2020] ZWLC 1

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

10 January 2020

Citation

[2020] ZWLC 1

Judgment No.

LC/H/1/2020

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

B.T Chivizhe, J

Full Bench

B.T Chivizhe, J

Areas of Law

Labour lawCollective bargainingEmployment benefits

Keywords

long-service awardservice paypension contributionsNEC rulingunfair labour practice

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the applicant erred in proceeding to determine issues already pending before Labour Court","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"1st respondent had appealed earlier arbitral award; Labour Court appeal pending"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the applicant made findings without evidence regarding company policy on service pay","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicant found service pay policy existed based only on 2nd respondent's say-so"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the applicant had jurisdiction to determine pension non-remittal claim","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"2nd respondent raised unfair labour practice regarding non-remitted contributions"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant, acting as Designated Agent for NEC, issued a ruling awarding the 2nd respondent long-service award and service pay against the 1st respondent. The 1st respondent opposed confirmation of the ruling, arguing the issues were already pending before the Labour Court and that the applicant erred in law.

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