On the 1st November 2021 at Harare, F. Mutambirwa N.O. in her capacity as a
Designated Agent (DA) made a determination. She ordered appellant (employer) to pay
respondent (employee) various amounts of money for outstanding service pay, notice pay,
leave pay, overtime, unpaid wages and housing allowance. The employer then appealed the
determination to this Court in terms of section 92D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01. The
employee opposed the appeal. More
The Appellant is appealing against the decision of the Appeals Committee. The grounds of appeal are as follows:-
“The Respondent erred by failing to produce minutes of the Appeals Committee. The ‘purported’ minutes ‘even’ determination are mischievous and calculated to cause miscarriage of justice. The ‘purported’ admissions in the ‘so called minutes’ are all a product of malicious falsehoods contradictory to the Appellant’s grounds of appeal before the Appeals Committee and a biased and futile effort to uphold traverse justice. The recordby the Respondent is misleading and not reflective of the proceedings. More
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
