The Court is going to deal with the main appeal and cross appeal.
The brief history of this matter is that the employee was employed by appellant on a fixed term contract. He was engaged on 1st November 2014 and the contract was supposed to terminate on 30 April 2015. However the appellant terminated the contract on 30 January 2015 on notice. Respondent was paid cash in lieu of notice. The respondent approached the Labour officer with a case of unfair dismissal and non-payment of cash in lieu of overtime. More
The respondent was employed as a clerk by the appellant. In or around 2005 to 2006 the respondent was charged by the appellant for failure to obey a lawful instruction in that the appellant had been transferred from Penhalonga to Mutasa Rural District Council but had not reported for duty. This led to her dismissal. Aggrieved by the dismissal, the respondent approached a labour officer for conciliation. More
This is an application for confirmation of the Ruling by the Labour Officer Ms N.C. Mutiba. In the ruling that was handed down on 21st May 2019 the 2nd Respondents were acquitted of the misconduct charges. The 1st Respondent was ordered to reinstate the 2nd Respondent without loss of salary and benefits or to pay damages in lieu of reinstatement. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the local government board which set aside the respondent employee’s guilty verdict and dismissal penalty and reinstated her to her original position within Mvurwi Town Councils. This decision was arrived at after Mvurwi Council had sought Local Government’s ratification of the decision to dismiss the employee following allegations of misconduct against her. More
