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Labour Court
National Handling Service v Julius Muchati & 5 Others
[2014] ZWLC 856
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
21 November 2014
Citation
[2014] ZWLC 856
Judgment No.
LC/H/856/14
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
F.C. Maxwell
Full Bench
F.C. Maxwell
Areas of Law
Labour LawEmployment LawCivil Procedure
Keywords
retrenchmentarbitrationappealfresh evidencelabour dispute
Tags
retrenchment packagesarbitrationappealnew evidence
legislation
Statutes Cited
- No statutes were cited or referenced in this judgment
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether applicant should be granted leave to introduce evidence on new issue raised on appeal","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Legality of retrenchment not raised before arbitrator; respondents raised it first time on appeal"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The respondents were employed by the appellant and accepted retrenchment in 2009. A dispute arose regarding payment of retrenchment packages which was referred to arbitration. The arbitrator ruled in favour of the appellant. Respondents appealed, raising for the first time the legality of the retrenchment exercise. Appellant applied for leave to introduce evidence on this new issue.
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