The Industrial Relations Court has ruled that Standard Bank plc breached its redundancy policy and the law on termination of employment in a process of restructuring operations of the financial institution.
This is contained in a judgment of a case in which a former employee of the bank, Benjamin Wandawanda, demanded compensation for unfair dismissal as a result of the 2019 restructuring process.
The court has since ruled that Wandawanda be compensated and an assessment will be done on how much money should be paid according to lawyer for Wandawanda, Powell Nkhutabasa.
The applicant argued that the action by the bank declaring his position redundant and thereafter terminating his contract was unfair under labour laws while on the other hand the respondents said their actions were necessary for the organizational restructuring.
In the judgment, Chairperson of a Coram which was hearing the case, Austin Msowoya, says: “ it is imperative for any employer to actually read what their own policy requires of them to do when carrying out termination”.
