Pangea Minerals Ltd versus Ernest Wililo

Pangea Minerals Ltd vs. Ernest Wililo; Revision No. 161 of 2013: High Court of Tanzania (Labour Division) at Dar es Salaam (Unreported).

• Labour Law

• Award – An award was referred to as a ruling – whether fatal.
• Award – whether an arbitrator can amend an award.
• Reliefs – whether an employee may be reinstated after receiving terminal benefits.

Held:-

(i) When an award is referred to as ruling by the arbitrator, the error is curable if no one has been prejudiced.

(ii) An arbitrator who issued the award can make correction of clerical errors only but not content of the award.

(iii) Once an employee is paid terminal benefits, the matter should end at this juncture and he cannot be reinstated after having been paid his terminal benefits.