Appellant grounds of appeal are two-fold. They read as follows,
“1. The arbitrator erred grossly on the facts and at law by finding that the Appellant had the onus of proving on which date Respondent was served with the appeal hearing decision.
2. The arbitrator erred grossly on the facts and at law by making an uncorroborated allegation that an employee always has an interest to protect his employer’s case and finding that whatever the employee then says as a witness is false.” More
This is an application for rescission of a default judgment granted by this Court on 7 November 2023.
The brief procedural history of the matter is as follows. First Respondent filed an appeal with this Court in Case Number LC/H/18/23. On the hearing date, that is, 31 May 2023, Applicant was in default and the Court allowed the appeal. Applicant thereafter did not file an application for rescission timeously. This led to the filing of an application for condonation of the late filing of an application for rescission of judgment under case Number LC/H/747/23. On the hearing date, which was... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Appeals Board for the National Employment Council for the Banking Undertaking (NEC Appeals Board), which reversed Appellant’s Disciplinary Committee’s decision to dismiss Respondent from employment after it found him guilty of misconduct in terms of the applicable NEC Code of Conduct. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award.
The respondent was employed by the appellant since 2004 as a general hand/day guard until May 2014 when he resigned. On 5 January 2015, the respondent lodged a complaint of underpayment of wages, non-payment of overtime and for public holdings worked with the National Employment Council for the Transport Operating Industry. Failing settlement, the dispute was referred to arbitration. More
