This is an application for condonation of the late noting of an appeal to the Labour court. The background to the matter is that the applicants lost their jobs with City of Mutare following disciplinary proceedings into their alleged acts of misconduct. Internal appeals by applicants were unsuccessful. Finally, applicants approached the labour officer with a view to him assessing the correctness or otherwise of the internal processes. During the course of the proceedings before the labour officer it dawned on the applicants, the respondent and the labour officer that the labour officer lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter on... More
Applicants applied for condonation of late filing of an application for review. The respondent opposed the application. I will deal with the matter under two (2) sub- titles namely “Delay” and “Prospects”. More
The appellant, Mr Muzavazi (Muzavazi) is employed by the respondent as a Finance Manager. He was charged with violating s 4 (a) of the National Code of Conduct Statutory Instrument 15/06 (S.I. 15/06) that is, an act of conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of his contract. More
This is an appeal against the decision of an arbitrator. The appellants were employed by the respondent on fixed term contracts. The appellants’ contracts were terminated by the respondent. A dispute arose in respect of the appellants’ entitlements in terms of the contracts of employment. The matter ended up in arbitration. The arbitrator dismissed the appellants’ claims. The appellants are dissatisfied with the award and have approached this court for relief. More
