Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe v Joseph Lungu & 168 Others

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Did arbitrator Mambara have jurisdiction to review and enforce the Nasho award?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Nasho award required parties to negotiate salaries; Mambara awarded benefits based on Works Council agreement"}
• {"issue_text":"Did Mambara arbitrator err in finding respondents were retrenched contrary to prior decisions?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Mugumisi award and Labour Court found no unfair dismissal; Mambara found retrenchment"}
• {"issue_text":"Did arbitrator exceed his terms of reference by determining respondents' grades?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Terms of reference did not include grade determination; arbitrator placed respondents in grade L1"}
• {"issue_text":"Should arbitration have been held in abeyance pending Supreme Court appeal?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"LC/H/300/12 matter pending on appeal; respondents claimed this was different claim"}

Background