Jealous Zhakata v Zimbabwe Farmers Union & Anor

[2021] ZWLC 2

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

19 February 2021

Citation

[2021] ZWLC 2

Judgment No.

LC/H/02/21

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

Mhuri J

Full Bench

Mhuri J

Areas of Law

Labour LawCivil Procedure

Keywords

prescriptionlabour officer jurisdictionsection 94 labour actconfirmation of draft ruling

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the 2nd respondent's claim for underpayment of salaries had prescribed under section 94(1) of the Labour Act","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Complaint filed 17 September 2018; became aware of underpayment April 2016"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the applicant had jurisdiction to entertain the prescribed claim","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Claim filed outside two-year limitation period"}

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Background

The applicant, a labour officer, issued a draft ruling ordering the 1st respondent to pay the 2nd respondent $9,120 for underpayment of salaries. The 1st respondent opposed confirmation, arguing the claim had prescribed under section 94(1) of the Labour Act as it was referred after the two-year limitation period.

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