Rural Electrification Agency v [Respondent]

LC/H/86/16

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

19 February 2016

Citation

LC/H/86/16

Neutral Citation

[2016] ZWLC 86

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

UNKNOWN

Author

None

Full Bench

UNKNOWN

Areas of Law

Employment LawLabour Arbitration

Keywords

overtimefixed term contractarbitral awardburden of proof

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator erred in finding respondent entitled to overtime payment without evidence","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Arbitrator found overtime owed despite appellant's evidence of payment"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator misdirected himself on burden of proof","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Arbitrator placed burden on appellant to produce attendance register"}
{"issue_text":"Whether appeal grounds raise points of law under Section 98(10)","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Respondent raised point in limine"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The respondent employee claimed unpaid overtime from the appellant employer after his fixed-term contract ended. The matter went to arbitration where the arbitrator found in favour of the employee and awarded $1,879.50 in overtime pay. The employer appealed, arguing the arbitrator erred in finding overtime was owed and ignoring evidence that payment had been made.

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