This is an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on 7 March 2014, in terms of which the dismissal of the respondent from the employment of the appellant was held to be unlawful.
The background to the matter is that the Respondent was employed by the Appellant as a security guard. On 7 October 2012, he was on duty at the Kingdom Bank 1st Street ATM machine, when the machine was tampered with by one of the customers. The incident led to the Respondent facing charges of gross incompetence, inefficiency and negligence, in terms of the National Employment Council... More
1. This is an opposed application for quantification of damages in lieu of reinstatement. It is made after the employer has not reinstated the employee and there were no negotiations to settle the matter. It is one of those many cases where parties do not want to co-operate and resolve their issues out of court. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Labour Officer who held that respondent employee was unlawfully dismissed by the employer and that she was entitled to 36 months damages for loss of employment, payment of her leave days and payment of acting allowances due to her. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award issued on 27 February 2014. The arbitrator having made a finding that respondents’ dismissal was unfair ordered that the respondents be paid US$1008-55 each within a month of the order. More
The appellant is appealing against the honourable arbitrator M Mpango dated 26th day of March 2012. The accused was couched as follows:
“The respondent perpetrated unfair labour practices by treating claimants as casual workers after the expiry of six weeks in four consecutive months in violation of the relevant collective bargaining agreement. It is hereby ordered that the respondent re-instates the claimants or pay $1741-00 to each of the claimants as damages in lieu of re-instatement. The respondent is also ordered to pay $4 818-00 to each of the claimants in respect of underpayment of wages, overtime and allowances.” More
