The Applicant is a former employee of the Respondent having been employed as a Consular Clerk. He was dismissed from employment following a formal disciplinary hearing. The Applicant was aggrieved with the determination of the Disciplinary Committee. He noted an appeal to this court under case number LC/H/341/19 which matter is currently pending. The minutes of the disciplinary hearing convened by the Respondent that led to the Applicant dismissal however do not form part of the record under reference LC/H/134/19. The Respondent through its papers submits that despite a diligent search it has been unable to locate the minutes and... More
On 14 December 2015 at Harare, labour officer B Chikwanha made a ruling which ordered appellant to reinstate respondent’s employment. Appellant then appealed to this court against the ruling. Respondent opposed the appeal. More
This is an application for review of the decision of the Acting Registrar made in terms of section 45 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01].
The facts in this case are common cause. The first respondent applied to the second respondent for a variation of the scope and operation of the trade union. The second respondent published the notice as required in the Gazettegiving the statutory notice. Thereafter the second respondent proceeded to grant the application. The applicants are dissatisfied with that decision and have approached this court for relief. More
This matter came on appeal. Before the appeal could be argued, four (4) preliminary issues were taken on behalf of the respondent. These are that:
“(a) The grounds of appeal are vague and embarrassing in the sense that they challenge decisions of committees without identifying the committees so referred to and also without linking each of the grounds to the respective committee’s decision.
(b) The grounds of appeal ought to be struck off since they proceeded on the mistaken view that the appeals committee made findings of fact and exercised discretion.
(c) The prayer is defective in that it seeks... More
Applicant applied to this Court for condonation of a belated appeal in terms of Rule 22 of the Labour Court Rules S.I. 150/17. Respondents opposed the application. I shall deal with the application under 2 subtitles. More
