Co-operative loses $90 000 case against employees

Ten Masvingo Teachers' Savings Credit and Cooperative Society (MTSACCOS) employees whose contracts were unlawfully terminated by their employer have won $90 000 in termination benefits at the Masvingo Labour Tribunal.

Masvingo Mirror reported that the 10 were represented by Collen Maboke of Ruvengo, Maboke and Partners.

They would soon register their award at the High Court for writ of execution.

MTSACCOS is a long-serving banking society for teachers under the Ministry of Small to Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development.

"The retrenched MTSACCOS employees have since lodged their case with the Labour Tribunal in Masvingo. I therefore cannot comment on the matter since this would prejudice the outcome of the proceedings", said Edwin Maseva.

The award which is in the hands of The Mirror says the  employer  erred by retrenching the employees without compensation for loss of employment as stipulated under Section 12C of the Labour Act Amendement 5 of 2015.

 Maboke warned that the Society's property could soon go under the hammer if the employer fails to pay the workers.

MTSACCOS   properties include a seven-roomed house in Chiredzi, a supermarket in the Mapanzure area of Masvingo, two electrical grinding mills – one in Bikita and the other one in Zaka,a motorbike and Kombi for staff programmes.