Fired Barclays managers awarded damages

Resolved: Barclays Bank Botswana has finalised a long running industrial dispute
Resolved: Barclays Bank Botswana has finalised a long running industrial dispute

The Court of Appeal has ordered compensation for two former managers at Barclays Bank of Botswana who were fired two years ago. The judgement concludes a long-running case stemming from the axing of a group of Barclays workers over alleged breach of contract.

While the High Court had ordered that Barclays reinstate Beauty Tlhaga and Sinikiwe Masalila, the Bank had appealed to the Court of Appeal (CoA), which upheld the judgement but found that payment of damages was a better solution.

The CoA bench of judges said the former employees were better off receiving damages instead of reinstatement as Barclays had made it clear that relations with the two had irretrievably broken down.

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