Background

An employee filed a case before the First Instance Authority for Settlement of Labour Disputes (FIASLD) against an employer requesting they pay his outstanding labour entitlements.

The FIASLD issued a ruling dismissing the claim and the employee's request to apply the provisions of Article 222 of the Labour Law. The employee filed an appeal with the SLHASLD.

The SLHASLD examined the case and said that the employee had mentioned before the FIASLD that he had been working until 22/03/2004 with the employer but he only submitted the claim to the Labour Office two years later which meant the claim was submitted after more than a year after the work relationship had ended and therefore the FIASLD ruling was valid.

Decision

The SLHASLD issued a ruling upholding the appealed FIASLD ruling.