Doves Funeral Assurance (Pvt) Ltd v Albert Mukozho

[2021] ZWLC 20

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

26 March 2021

Citation

[2021] ZWLC 20

Judgment No.

LC/H/20/2021

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

L. Hove

Full Bench

L. Hove

Areas of Law

Labour lawEmployment contractsUnfair labour practices

Keywords

allowancesunfair labour practiceprescriptionappeal on point of lawcontinuing breach

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the claims for allowances had prescribed under section 94 of the Labour Act","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Allowances stopped in 2008-2010, claims raised 2014"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the grounds of appeal raised points of law as required by section 98(10)","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"All five grounds of appeal challenged"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The appellant employer appealed against an arbitral award ordering reinstatement of various employment allowances. The respondent employee had claimed clothing, sports club, medical aid and vehicle allowances that were verbally agreed and paid but later stopped. The appeal raised prescription and whether grounds constituted points of law.

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