A BULAWAYO company, Die and Pressure Casting (Pvt) Ltd, had its property worth about $40 000 attached by employees who are owed outstanding salaries from December 2012 to April 2014.
BY SILAS NKALA
The company is believed to be owned by a prominent businessperson and former top Zanu PF official in Mashonaland East province.
Eleven workers at the company, through the Zimbabwe Chemical, Plastics and Allied Workers Union, won an arbitration award in 2014 to the effect that they should be paid their outstanding salaries totalling to $38 128, 23. The award was registered with the Bulawayo High Court and an order was granted that the company should settle the arrears.
But following the failure by the company to comply with the order, workers sought a writ of execution to recover their money through attaching company property.
According to the Sheriff’s notice of seizure, gleaned by Southern Eye yesterday, property attached included computers sets, printers, filing cabinets, chairs, plastic blowing mould machines, grinding chippers and compressor.
The Sherriff has since advertised for the auctioning of the property in a local daily newspaper.
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“The respondent has failed to pay claimants their wages since December 2012 to date,” read the arbitration award granted by a G Gijima.
“The respondent is unlawfully withholding payment of the claimant’ salaries, without seeking permission from the relevant authority to delay payment of the same. Claimants have been seriously prejudiced by respondent’s failure to pay outstanding salaries.” Gijima also indicated in the award that parties had agreed that the company would pay workers’ salaries forthwith until it has the capacity to pay back pay and overtime.
“The respondent is, therefore, ordered to comply with the agreement,” Gijima ruled.
