Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Francis Bere has given the 17 ZimPharm employees up to 10 days to file opposing papers against the company’s application for stay of execution in a case in which they had attached property to recover $90 37,45 in outstanding salaries.
BY SILAS NKALA
The chemicals and pharmaceutical manufacturer had its property attached on Monday to recover the between $3 983 and $8 483 each of the 17 employees was owed in salaries.
Following the attachment, ZimPharm filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court, seeking a stay of execution of the attachment and disposal of the property.
But on Wednesday, the hearing, which was set to start before Justice Bere, had to be postponed after the workers indicated that they were still to consult their lawyer from Harare, who is expected to file opposing papers against the stay of execution.
Justice Bere then ruled that they should file their opposing papers within 10 days.
The aggrieved workers, through the Zimbabwe Chemical, Plastics and Allied Workers’ Union, had taken the company to arbitration in April 10 this year where they won.
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The award was then registered in July by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva, but the company failed to comply, prompting the workers to seek a writ of execution to attach property to recover their dues.
Part of the attached property include office desks, boardroom tables, chairs, refrigerators, desktop computers, industrial stoves, copying machines, digital scales and water pumps.
