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AI summary
The Labour Appeal Court dealt with an appeal about a review of an arbitration award that had ordered retrospective reinstatement with back pay. The Court said the employee had sought financial compensation, not reinstatement, and upheld the substitution of compensation for reinstatement.
This may be relevant to labour law practitioners and employers because it appears to concern review proceedings and the remedy of reinstatement where compensation was the relief sought.
Evidence from source
The question for determination in this Court is whether the court a quo exceeded its powers when it, mero motu , raised and determined a challenge to the commissioner’s decision to award reinstatement as a remedy
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Mr Leso did not seek reinstatement but compensatory relief.
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The appeal is dismissed.
Supports: plain_summary sentence 2