Air Zimbabwe has been given a 60-day ultimatum by the Labour Court to either reinstate or pay damages to 300 workers who were fired on 3 months notice in 2015.
Labour Court judge Justice Emilia Muchawa found that although Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) ended the contracts following the Zuva Petroleum judgment of July 17, 2015, Section 24 of the Finance Act Number 8 of 2015, gave retrospective effect to the Labour Amendment Act, Number 5 of 2015. In her ruling Justice Muchawa said:
The first respondent (Airzim) unlawfully and unfairly terminated the contracts of the remaining 2nd to 301st respondents. The first respondent be and is hereby ordered to, within 60 days of this order, reinstate the workers to their positions without loss of pay and benefits. If reinstatement is no longer tenable, the first respondent is to pay the damages in lieu of reinstatement which the parties are to negotiate, failing which either party can approach the applicant for quantification
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