On 12 September 2013 at Harare, arbitrator M C Kare issued an arbitration award. He ordered the dismissal from employment of appellant by respondent. Appellant then appealed to this court against the award. Respondent opposed the appeal. The appeal raised three (3) issues which I will deal with seriatim. More
At the conclusion of the hearing, the Court dismissed the appeal stating that the reasons would follow. These are they.
It is worth noting that Respondent was not in attendance as the Deputy Sheriff was unable to locate Respondent at the given address. The Respondent had not provided another address of service. The Court decided to proceed with the matter. More
The appellant company appealed to this court against an arbitral award where the arbitrator ordered it to pay the respondent employee “$702 for the unfair labour practices committed.” (quoted words are verbatim words used in the award.) More
This is an appeal from the decision of the Chief Designated Agent of the National Employment Council for Commercial Workers (NECCS). The facts of the matter are that the respondent was employed by the appellant as a security guard. At the material time he was responsible for checking that other guards reported for duty or were correctly recorded according to the work stations that they would be guarding. The said security guards are identified by means of numbers. More
This is an appeal against the determination of the Disciplinary Authority appointed by the respondent in terms of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations, Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006 (the National Code). The Disciplinary Authority found the appellant guilty of misconduct and imposed a penalty of dismissal. More
