On the 1st April 2019 at Harare Applicant, in her capacity as a Labour Officer, issued a ruling. She ordered the 1st Respondent (employer) to pay the 2nd Respondent (employee) an amount of $3 382-50 in respect of gratuity upon termination of employment. Apparently the employer failed to comply with the ruling. Thereupon Applicant applied to this Court for the confirmation of her ruling in terms of section 93 (5a) of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 (hereafter called the Act). The employee supported the application. The employer opposed the application. More
The brief history of this matter is that the Appellant joined the Respondent in August 1994 as a general hand. He was charged with two (2) counts of fraud that is contravening Clause 11:5 (f) of SI 171 of 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement. More
This is an application for the condonation of late noting of an appeal and extension of time within which to note the appeal. The respondent employer is opposed to the grant of condonation relief citing the fact that such is not well founded. More
The Appellant was summarily dismissed in August 2010 in contravention of Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006 which applies to employers and employees without registered Codes of Conduct. He took his case to arbitration and on the hearing date the respondent did not turn up. The Arbitrator ruled in his favour but when it came to the award, she only granted the Appellant leave pay, notice pay and arrears for underpayments. She did not award him anything as damages for wrongful dismissal; neither did she award him any back pay from the date of the unlawful dismissal to the date of... More
This is an application asking this court
“to issue an order to force the 1st Respondent to issue out an arbitral award that meets the requirements of Labour Act [Cap 28:01] section 98 subsection 14”
The Applicant avers that the arbitral award granted by Honourable J.T. Mawire on September 2010 does not comply with section 98 (13) and (14) of the Labour Act, in that it does not sound in money. He now wants this court to issue an order compelling the Arbitrator to issue an order that sounds in money. More
