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ELRCAllowedCause No. 38 of 2002· [2002] KEELRC 7 (KLR)
TAILORS & TEXTILES WORKERS’ UNION v VAJA’S GARMENT MANUFACTURERS LTD [2002] KEELRC 7 (KLR)
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#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This was a trade dispute referred to the Industrial Court by the Minister for Labour on 30th April 2002 under Section 8 of the Trade Disputes Act, Cap. 234, concerning the dismissal of two employees, Mr. Benjamin Muthui and Mrs. Mary Kathike Mutie (the grievants), from Vaja's Garment Manufacturers Ltd. The dispute proceeded by way of written memoranda from the Union and the Company, and was adjourned at one stage to allow the parties to negotiate an out-of-court settlement. When the matter came up for hearing on 30th October 2002, before any evidence was taken, the parties' representatives - William Aketch Muga for the Union and L.W. Kariuki for the Company - jointly presented a memorandum of settlement duly signed by them. Under the settlement, the grievants were to be paid Kshs. 5,073/= and Kshs. 9,077/= respectively, in full and final settlement of their respective claims. Chemmuttut J, satisfied that the terms were fair and reasonable, adopted the settlement and made an award in terms thereof. The award is a consent-type disposition disposing of the reference; no costs order was made and no order as to the merits of the dismissals was given beyond adopting the agreed payments.
Key legal issues
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Adoption of a negotiated memorandum of settlement as an award of the Court
Holding
The Court found the agreed settlement payments fair and reasonable and awarded in terms of the settlement
Reasoning
The dispute, referred by the Minister under Section 8 of the Trade Disputes Act, concerned the dismissal of two grievants. On the hearing date the parties' representatives jointly presented a signed memorandum of settlement providing for payments to the grievants in full and final settlement. The Court, exercising its power to dispose of a referred dispute, was satisfied the terms were fair and reasonable and made an award in those terms.
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Legal principles established
#- Where parties to a trade dispute settle on terms that are fair and reasonable, the Industrial Court may adopt the settlement and award in terms thereof
Court orders
#- 1.Award adopted in terms of the memorandum of settlement: the grievants to be paid Kshs. 5,073/= and Kshs. 9,077/= respectively in full and final settlement of their respective claims
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Section 8 of the Trade Disputes Act, Cap. 234, Laws of Kenya - reference by the Minister for Labour
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "TAILORS & TEXTILES WORKERS’ UNION v VAJA’S GARMENT MANUFACTURERS LTD [2002] KEELRC 7 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2002). Cause No. 38 of 2002. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2002/7/eng@2002-10-30
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