Court part favours unionised BHC workers

Court part favours unionised BHC workers
Court part favours unionised BHC workers

The Industrial Court has partially ruled in favour of Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) in a matter in which the union had taken Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) to court over failure to extend salary adjustments to its unionised staff.

BOPEU had taken the housing parastatal to court on a matter of urgency on behalf of the latter’s employees who are its members. This was after BHC had failed to meet the deadline to pay its unionised employees salary adjustments for the 2020/21 financial year by 12 noon December 23, 2020.

In response to the union’s application, BHC had raised six preliminary points of law bordering on procedural matters.

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