The Appellant was a school teacher at Domboremavhu Secondary School in 1997 and during that period, he was charged for having an improper association with a school pupil, convicted and discharged from the teaching service on 22 May, 1998. He appealed to the Labour Court but before the appeal was heard, the Commission referred the case for a magisterial inquiry which was conducted from 7 June, 2009 to 9 June, 2009. During the inquiry, the Appellant and the pupil both denied that they had an improper association. The Appellant’s evidence during the inquiry was that he was being framed. At... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s disciplinary authority which dismissed appellant from employment following allegations of dishonesty including falsifying any document with fraudulent intent in contravention of the Public Services Regulations SI 1 of 2000 as amended. More
The Respondent, through its Notice of Response and Heads of Argument has taken a point in limine. The Respondent contends that the grounds of appeal do not conform to Rule 19 (1) and more particularly Form LC4 of the Labour Court rules, 2017 in that the grounds of appeal are not clear and concise. The Respondent further contends that grounds of appeal 4, 7 and 8 amount to narrations of events, they do not amount to grounds of appeal. The Respondent’s prayer is that the appeal ought to therefore be struck off the roll on this basis More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Arbitrator who dismissed the Appellant’s case on the basis that it had prescribed as provide for in section 94 of the Labour Act.
The brief facts of the case are the Appellant was dismissed in 2007 by Respondent following a hearing at the Respondent’s workplace. Appellant did not do anything to register his disagreement with the dismissal case until sometime in 2010 when he approached the labour officer with the view to having his case re-visited. He ended up at the arbitrator’s where the arbitrator noted that the claim was out... More
This judgment is in respect of an appeal which is cited by the appellant employee as an appeal against the verdict of the General Manager Appeals Authority dated 20 October 2023 and the NEC Appeals Committee decision of 17 November 2023. More
