This is an urgent chamber application for what Applicant termed Interim Relief andUrgent Hearing. This follows an arbitral determination dating back to 21 February 2007, which awarded the Respondent reinstatement and back pay and benefits totaling ZWD$22 352 000.00. This was followed by another award dated 17 September 2013 which ordered that the amount awarded be converted to United States dollars using the exchange rate of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe prevailing at the date of the award i.e. 22 February 2007. It was also ordered that Applicant pays Respondent US$16 000.00 as damages in lieu of reinstatement. More
Respondent is in the employ of appellant. Respondent and other workers approached the Labour Office in 2010 alleging non-payment of wages. Honourable Arbitrator L.B. Ndlovu gave an order instructing appellant to pay the workers wages due to them. This resulted in a Certificate of Settlement being subsequently issued by the Labour Officer Madziya on 13 March 2013. More
Appellant who was in Respondent’s employ as a Cutting Room Supervisor and dismissed for gross incompetence or inefficiency (Clause 3(j)(Serious Misconduct) of the Clothing Industry Code of Conduct SI 132 of 1994) More
