The appellant in this matter was employed by the respondent as an accounts clerk in its accounts department.
Misconduct allegations were raised against the respondent. The charge was
“Lack of skill”
The specific allegations were;
• Wrongly compiling and submission of VAT returns.
• Petty cash – incorrect balances and absence of reconciliations for 2011.
• Reconciliation of debtors and creditors not done.
• Missing files, missing documents and incorrect filing system.
The respondent was found guilty and she was dismissed from employment. More
This is an appeal against a determination made by the Respondent Disciplinary Authority on 30th of March, 2022. The appeal is opposed. The material background facts to the matter are as follows; The Appellant was employed by the Respondent as a Driver/Salesman. He was engaged on a fixed term contract running from 1st of January, 2021 and expiring on 31st of March 2021. On the 23rd of March 2021 the Appellant was suspended from employment without pay or benefits. He was notified to attend a hearing on the 29th of March 2022. The allegations levelled were that he had violated... More
This is an application against the decision of the arbitrator who set aside the dismissal of the respondent employee on allegations of contravening the respondent Code of Conduct. In particular it was alleged that the respondent had flouted the appellant’s banking policy of banking branch money daily thus exposing the respondent’s cash to risk as it remained unbanked for periods exceeding 15 day stretches over the period in issue. More
The Respondent is a Risk and Compliance Manager under the employ of the Appellant. On 11 March 2021 the Respondent spilled tea on his office laptop leading to the machine malfunctioning and it was sent for repairs at the cost of the Appellant. Following upon the report being made the Appellant conducted an investigation and findings were made that Respondent had contravened Clause 3.7 of the ICT Policy which has provisions that prohibit consumption of food and drinks near computers and all ICT hardware. This policy was said to be well known to the Respondent who had committed himself to... More
