This is an application by a designated agent. It is an application for the confirmation of the designated agent’s ruling. It is in terms of section 93 (5a) (a) and (b) of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 (the Act). The application is by default, not opposed by the first respondent who is the employer. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the N. E. Appeals Committee which upheld the Appellant’s dismissal by the Respondent on gross misconduct charges of failing to obey a lawful instruction in contravention of the National Employment Code of Conduct for Welfare and Educational Institutions. More
The appeal was noted against the arbitral award handed down on 10thMay 2013.The Appellant was employed by the Respondent as a Senior Promotions Officer in the Sales Marketing Department. His contract of employment was terminated following a retrenchment exercise which resulted in the Retrenchment Committee issuing a retrenchment certificate on the 20th of December, 2012. The Appellant subsequently referred a complaint of alleged unlawful retrenchment and non-payment of contractual entitlements to conciliation. Upon failure to conciliate the matter was referred to an independent arbitrator. More
The appeal was noted as against the decision by the Appeals Committee which confirmed Appellant’s dismissal from employment with effect from 2 September, 2011 on charges of “extortion-proved dishonesty.”
The facts surrounding the misconduct charges were that the Appellant who was employed as invoicing clerk, on the 4th of July 2010 used one Tendai Janha’s profile to generate on the computer an invoice for a non-trading company that is Madziwa Trading. The transaction turned out to be fraudulent as the Respondent lost goods through the delivery of goods to a person other than the purported customer shown on the invoice.... More
This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. Leave is being sought by the employee in a labour dispute between him and the employer. More
