Judge specify mediators role in labour disputes :: Mmegi Online

Justice Memooda Ebrahim-Carstens of the Industrial Court has said that mediators have no jurisdiction to entertain claims arising from labour disputes. She said there is no provision for the automatic endorsement of a mediator's default award by a court, nor is there any procedure currently for such endorsement. She was giving a ruling yesterday whether DRC guitarist Kapenda Katuta's labour dispute against his former employer, Jeff Matheatau should be heard urgently.

Katuta had demanded that Matheatau pay him P42,250 in outstanding salary. Ebrahim-Carstens said when the matter was referred to the labour office in November 2006, a default award of P42,250 was made. Over and above this the labour office made a default award of P3,000 and P2500 for recording money and hire charges of music equipment respectively.

"I find that the applicant was to a large extent misguided in this application by those advising him and the default award of the mediator in this case," said Ebrahim-Carstens.

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