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Labour Court
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe v Webster Ngundu & 471 Others
[2013] ZWLC 108
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
3 April 2013
Citation
[2013] ZWLC 108
Judgment No.
LC/H/108/13
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
G. Musariri
Full Bench
G. MusaririL HoveB.S. Chidziva
Areas of Law
Labour LawRetrenchment
Keywords
arbitration awardimmediate paymentnegotiationretrenchment
Tags
retrenchment packagearbitration awardpayment dispute
legislation
Statutes Cited
- No statutes were cited in this judgment.
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the arbitration award was contradictory in ordering both negotiation and immediate payment","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Award contained orders for both negotiation and payment"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the Reserve Bank's financial constraints justify delaying payment","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Bank claimed to be poorly resourced and state-funded"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe appealed against an arbitration award that ordered it to pay 472 retrenched employees US$9,363,362.18 with immediate effect. The bank argued the award was contradictory and immediate payment was impossible due to financial constraints.
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