Sibangilizwe DhloDhlo v Watershed College

LC/H/607/2013

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

8 November 2013

Citation

LC/H/607/2013

Neutral Citation

[2013] ZWLC 607

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

B.T. Chivizhe

Full Bench

B.T. Chivizhe

Areas of Law

Labour LawEmployment Law

Keywords

arbitral awarddamages quantificationlabour arbitrationemployment termination

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Does the Labour Court have jurisdiction to quantify damages that an arbitrator failed to quantify?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Arbitrator issued award but failed to quantify parts (a) and (b)"}
{"issue_text":"Has the applicant exhausted domestic remedies by failing to approach the arbitrator for quantification?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Applicant came directly to Labour Court instead of returning to arbitrator"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant, formerly employed as Director of Agriculture by Watershed College, sought quantification of parts of an arbitral award from 2009 that the arbitrator had failed to quantify, specifically salary arrears and benefits. The respondent opposed on grounds including lack of jurisdiction and failure to exhaust domestic remedies.

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