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Easipark to lose 72k worth property in labour damages
23 Sep 2015 at 07:16hrs | Views
City of Harare partner company, Easipak Holdings is set to have its Barclays Bank Account garnished to offset salary arrears owed to a former General Manager Pegias Dube Cwho was not paid for close to a decade.
Dube was employed as a General Manager and also doubled as the Company Secretary between 2005 and 2013. Easipark did not pay Dube his salaries as agreed prompting the matter to be reported to the Ministry of Labour for conciliation which proved fruitless and a certificate of no settlement was issued.
The matter was then referred for arbitration but Easipark representatives were not cooperative. They did not attend to the arbitration procedures or file their submissions. Dangwa was left with no choice and issued a default judgment in favour of the employee and ordered Easipark to pay USD68 862.00 being applicant's arrear salaries and benefits.
However, Easipark failed to comply with the arbitral award prompting the employee to approach the High Court for registration of the arbitral award which was successfully done by Justice Matanda-Moyo in in July 2015.
Subsequently, Easipark was issued with a writ of execution under case number HC 2367/14 which remains unsatisfied after the property that was attached fell short of sufficing the required amount.
Through his Lawyer Albert Chambati, Dube applied for a garnish order in terms of order 42 High Court Rules.
To date Easipark has lost property which includes a boom gate, ticket readers dispensers, three hundred parking meters which are yet to be auctioned.
Easipark is a company operating under a joint venture with Easihold Proprietary Limited of South Africa with respect to the pursuit of parking facilities. The company has been under fire since its formation over allegations which include bribing councillors to get tender with the City of Harare as well as dismissal of hundreds of workers unlawfully.
Dube was employed as a General Manager and also doubled as the Company Secretary between 2005 and 2013. Easipark did not pay Dube his salaries as agreed prompting the matter to be reported to the Ministry of Labour for conciliation which proved fruitless and a certificate of no settlement was issued.
The matter was then referred for arbitration but Easipark representatives were not cooperative. They did not attend to the arbitration procedures or file their submissions. Dangwa was left with no choice and issued a default judgment in favour of the employee and ordered Easipark to pay USD68 862.00 being applicant's arrear salaries and benefits.
However, Easipark failed to comply with the arbitral award prompting the employee to approach the High Court for registration of the arbitral award which was successfully done by Justice Matanda-Moyo in in July 2015.
Through his Lawyer Albert Chambati, Dube applied for a garnish order in terms of order 42 High Court Rules.
To date Easipark has lost property which includes a boom gate, ticket readers dispensers, three hundred parking meters which are yet to be auctioned.
Easipark is a company operating under a joint venture with Easihold Proprietary Limited of South Africa with respect to the pursuit of parking facilities. The company has been under fire since its formation over allegations which include bribing councillors to get tender with the City of Harare as well as dismissal of hundreds of workers unlawfully.
Source - Byo24News
