This is an appeal against a determination by the Appeals Authority handed down on 11th June 2014 which determination upheld or earlier decision by the respondent’s Disciplinary Committee to dismiss the appellant from employment with effect from the 11th of June 2014.
The material background facts to the matter are as follows;
The appellant was employed by the respondent. At the material time of the commission of the misconduct he was engaged as a supervisor in the Sorting Section.
On the 20th of May 2014 the appellant was deployed on the main plant sorthouse. He was supervising a group of... More
This is an appeal against the award by honourable arbitrator Gurupira handed down on 27 October 2014.The Claimant was employed by the respondent as a General Manager Administration and statistics. He was employed from June 2006 to June 2013 when his contract was terminated.
The arbitrator noted that there was no contract but from the payslip, he noted that he was entitled to a basic salary, club/gym allowance and a car benefit, and a 10% commission as per a memo communicated on 20 December 2010. A fuel allowance was also due and there was evidence that it had been cut... More
This is an appeal against the decision of an arbitrator which ordered the reinstatement of the respondent or payment of damages in the alternative.
The respondent was a branch manager based at the Mubaira branch of the appellant. His duties included driving company hearse. On 14 June 2014 while returning from a funeral driving a company hearse the respondent was involved in an accident.
He was charged in terms of section 4 (a) of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations 2006 S I 15 of 2006 “the Code”. It was alleged he took five hours to travel a... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Appeals Committee of the National Employment Council for the Commercial Sector which found the respondent not guilty of the allegations of misconduct that he was facing.
The facts are largely not in dispute. The Respondent was driving the appellant’s vehicle when on 14 April 2014 at about 0530 hours he was involved in an accident along the Chitungwiza road. The appellant overshot the roundabout and hit the Kerb. He caused damage to his employer’s vehicle in that both right-side tyres of the vehicle were damaged. More
The background facts are that there is no specific National Employment Council for the Funeral Sector. To date appellant and its employees have been regulated by the National Employment Council for the Commercial Sectors of Zimbabwe SI 45/93. Respondent was registered as a trade union in 2005 in respect to the interests in the funeral services and assurance undertakings. Attempts by respondent to negotiate on the formation of an N.E.C. for the Funeral Sector and thereafter negotiate conditions of employment, were unsuccessful due to non cooperation from the Zimbabwe Association of Funeral Assurers (ZAFA). Respondent brought a complaint before the... More
