This is an appeal against an arbitral award dated 7 January 2013 the operative part of which reads as follows:
“1. The Respondent did not commit an unfair labour practice by not renewing Claimant’s contract.
2. Claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal is therefore dismissed for lack of merit.” More
This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s disciplinary authority which dismissed appellant following misconduct charges of stealing some number plates and 3rd plates from his workplace in contravention of the Public Service Regulations 2000 as amended. More
The parties to the dispute were engaged in an employer employee relationship. The relationship ended and the employee approached the Labour officer with a claim of failure by the employer to pay notice pay, leave days, compensation for off days and public holidays see page 18 of the record which is the complaint form. More
The matter was placed before me as an appeal against a determination by the Health Services board handed down on 31st January, 2012.
The material background facts are that the appellant was employed by the respondent as a painter based in the Engineering Division at Parirenyatwa Hospital. On the 23rd of May 2011 he was apprehended by plain clothes security guards whilst in possession of 41 iron bars which belonged to the Hospital. He had been observed earlier by the same plain clothes security guards dropping part of the loot near the corner of Leopold Takawira and Cork Road. He... More
