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Labour Court
Lutheran Development Services v Godfrey Chayambuka & 52 Others
[2016] ZWLC 283
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
11 March 2016
Citation
[2016] ZWLC 283
Judgment No.
LC/H/283/2016
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
P Muzofa
Full Bench
P Muzofa
Areas of Law
Labour LawCollective Bargaining AgreementsPrescription
Keywords
statutory instrument 58 of 2013statutory instrument 59 of 2013minimum wagesprescriptioncollective bargaining
Tags
minimum wagesprescriptionstatutory instrumentsunderpayment claims
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the respondents' claims for underpayments from January 2012 to June 2013 had prescribed given that referral was made on 12 June 2014","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Statutory instruments gazetted 10 May 2013, referral made 12 June 2014"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator erred by applying Statutory Instrument 59 of 2013 which does not contain job classifications","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Statutory Instrument 59 refers to grades, Statutory Instrument 102 of 2014 contains classifications"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The appellant, a non-governmental organization, employed 53 respondents as security guards on fixed-term contracts. After contracts were not renewed in December 2013, respondents claimed underpayments from January 2010 to December 2013 based on Statutory Instruments 58 and 59 of 2013. The matter was referred to arbitration where claims totaling $226,112.85 were partially upheld.
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