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This an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in terms of section 92 F (2) of the Labour Act, (Chapter 28:01) and Rule 43 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. This Court rendered judgment in Case Number LC/H/364/24 on 6 August 2024. Applicant is dissatisfied with the decision More

This is an appeal against an arbitral award. Respondent is an employee of the appellant. He is currently employed as an assistant accountant having been initially engaged as a creditors clerk in July 1997. More

This is an appeal against an arbitral award which was handed down in default of the appellant. The arbitrator observed in his award that the respondent did not attend the hearing in spite of having been duly notified to do so and that no reasons for non attendance were communicated. The respondent, who had been employed by the appellant as a general hand, had been dismissed on 21 May 2013 on allegations of using abusive language and absenteeism. Upon appeal to the Local Joint Committee, the respondent had been reinstated without loss of salary and benefits. Aggrieved, the appellant lodged... More

Appellant was employed by Respondent as the Head of Client Services. She was employed with effect from 3rd January 2012 until 13th December 2013 when she was served with a letter of instant dismissal. Following a challenge to that initial dismissal through her lawyers’ correspondence, Respondent withdrew the dismissal by a letter of the 20th December 2013. She was invited back to work effective from 6th January 2014. Upon her return she was served with a letter of suspension and was charged of the misconduct of “any act of conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfillment of the employee’s contract... More

The appellant in this matter was employed by the respondent. She was charged in terms of the National Code of Conduct SI 15/2006 under section 4 (a) thereof. The charge was “any act or conduct or any omission inconsistent with the fulfillment of the express and implied conditions of her contract.” The factual allegations which led to the dispute between the parties is briefly that on or about 31 October 2015, the appellant brought some meat and other food stuffs into the work premises. She proceeded to store the same in a refrigerator at the work place. More