AMBALI vs BATA SHOE COMPANY 1999 (1) ZLR 417 (S)
that a dismissed employee has a duty to mitigate his loss by looking for alternative employment. This duty arises immediately upon dismissal.
It is also an established principle of the law that he who asserts bears the onus of proof. In computation of damages it is the claimant who bears the onus to prove his claim by adducing evidence. More
This is an application for leave to appeal against a decision of this court issued on 10 October 2014. The respondent was employed by the applicant as a site quantity surveyor on 17 February 2012. It is alleged that he stopped going to work in March 2013 only to report for work in June 2013 demanding his salary. The appellant contended that the respondent had repudiated his contract by failing to report for work. On 6 June 2013 the respondent’s contract of employment was terminated. More
The Applicant was employed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) by the first Respondent. Applicant had been employed by the 1st Respondent in February 1985 initially as an Internal Auditor. He later became first Respondent’s Group Chief Accountant, the Group Financial Controller and the General Manager Finance and Investments. In 2004, he was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer. He reported directly to the Board of Directors. More
The respondent was employed by the appellant as a machine operator from 19 January 2009 to 28 February 2013, when he was suspended from employment. More
This is an appeal against the decision of an appeals officer. It is in terms of the workplace code of conduct. The appellant was charged of “Failure to fulfill the expressed or implied conditions of the contract of employment or any breach of the employment contract” (section 15.9.1 of the Old Mutual Employment Code of Conduct) Clause 8 of specific contract of employment read:
“The employee will perform his/her duties in the best interests of Old Mutual and will refrain from any action which may in any manner harm the good name and reputation of Old Mutual or which may... More
