This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent disciplinary authority where it found appellant employee guilty of improperly associating with school pupils where he allegedly proposed love to one RudoGwatidzo who was a new comer at the school he was teaching. Facts of the matter are that appellant was brought before a disciplinary committee after allegations of improperly associating with 3 school girls had been levelled against him. Following the hearing he was found not guilty in respect of the other 2 girls who did not come to testify against him. He was however found guilty in respect... More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on the 9th February 2012.
The factual background is as follows;
The appellant was employed as a Technician by Siemens (Pvt) Ltd a company whose telecommunications business was purchased by Paragon Communications (Pvt) Ltd on the 1st February, 2007. The appellant was consequently transferred to Paragon Communications on the same terms and conditions as under the previous contract. The appellant referred a complaint to the Labour Office of an unfair labour practice arising out of the fact that, contrary to the express terms of his contract of employment, the respondent... More
The appellants were former employees of the respondent. Their contracts were lawfully terminated. After the termination of their contracts of employment, they raised against their former employer a claim for overtime worked. More
The matter has been set down in terms of rule22 of the Labour Court rules. The Respondent is alleged to have failed to file a notice of response. However during questioning of the Respondent it became clear the Respondent was never served with a notice to file a response. Respondent was only served with the notice of appeal papers. The dies induciae has not started to run even to date. However on 30 January 2013 Respondent filed a notice of response and heads of argument. The papers were served on the Appellant on the same date. From the above Respondent... More
