AVNASH INDUSTRIES LIMITED vs. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS’ UNION (ICU) [2022]DLNLC15022

Date	2022-02-12
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2022]DLNLC15022

DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK

[2022]DLNLC15022
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AVNASH
INDUSTRIES LIMITED<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>INDUSTRIAL
AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS’ UNION (ICU)<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

Our Ref:
NLC/C-870/018/2022/8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20TH
DECEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>DIRECTOR, ADMIN/HR:<o:p></o:p>DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

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</div>SUMMARY OF CASE<o:p></o:p>In 2018 following an industrial action
by the workers of AYNASI, the company, lodged
a complaint with the National
Labour Commission and they were subsequently invited by the Executive Secretary to a meeting which was chaired
by him. The Executive Secretary after hearing the parties issued a decision. Thereafter the company
terminated the employment of the
affected workers.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Respondent
was displeased with the action
of the Executive Secretary arguing that the Executive Secretary
should not have issued the decision because it was not
the "Commission" that heard the matter and if anything
at all the meeting he had
with the parties was a facilitation meeting and nothing more.
The respondent further
alleged conflict of interest in that the Executive Secretary's legal
firm was the company's legal
consultant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BRlEF FACTS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Per a letter dated l 0th December, 2018, A YNASJ-1, Complainant Company, initially lodged a complaint it described as an "act of sabotage" against some members