Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Tanzania decisions
Decisions matching the current search
The CMA lacked jurisdiction to arbitrate the dispute concerning the collective agreement because there was no agreement by the parties to proceed to arbitration after mediation failed, contrary to section 74 of the Employment and Labour Relations Act.
Source excerpt
The High Court Labour Division dismissed a claim for unpaid salary increment, holding that no concluded agreement proved a binding 25% increase for 2014.
The Court of Appeal held that TAZARA employees were bound by a collective agreement fixing compulsory retirement at 55, and dismissed the appeal.
The High Court held that incentive payments can be enforceable under a collective agreement, but found the applicants were only entitled to one year’s salary, not four years.
The CMA lacked jurisdiction to arbitrate the dispute after mediation failed because the matter arose from a collective agreement; all subsequent proceedings and awards were nullities.
Source excerpt
The collective agreement, having been implemented for years and not rectified or challenged by the applicant, is valid and enforceable; denying the respondent payment under it while others were paid constitutes discrimination.
Source excerpt
An employee who is about to reach compulsory retirement age can lawfully be retrenched for operational requirements if the employer follows fair and objective criteria and procedure. The employer's use of early retirement as a retrenchment criterion was lawful, and the applicant was not entitled to compulsory retirement benefits since he was not retired but retrenched. The collective agreement's enhanced benefits did not apply as the employer paid statutory benefits and a golden handshake, and financial constraints justified the retrenchment.
Source excerpt
The High Court quashed an Industrial Court ruling that treated an unregistered voluntary redundancy agreement as binding, and ordered the matter to proceed afresh.
Explore more
