The workers who were sacked following the infamous Zuva
Petroleum judgment in 2015, successfully challenged the decision at the Supreme
Court in 2020 and were reinstated with full benefits.
However, the airliner placed them on unpaid leave. While
they were on forced leave the airliner was placed under administration in terms
of the Reconstruction of State Indebted Insolvent Companies Act Chapter 24:27.
The airliner then initiated a retrenchment process for the
workers in March 2021 and paid them the minimum terminal benefits in terms of
the Labour Act.
The workers challenged the decision before the National
Employment Council for Air Transport Industry and lost. They took the matter up
to the Labour Court on appeal. Herald
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