This is an appeal against the Arbitrator’s award which reinstated the Respondents and ordered the Appellant to restart the termination/ retrenchment exercise.
The background facts are as follows. The Respondents were employed by the Appellant Company (the company). On the 11th day of July 2011 the company sent a memorandum to all the employees informing them that the company was closing down for reasons the employees were aware of. The closing date was given as the 12th July 2011 which was the following day. More
This is an appeal against the respondent’s decision to dismiss the appellant.
The appellant was employed by the respondent as the credit control manager. On the 12th of April 2012 appellant was suspended for allegedly contravening the Zimpapers Code of Conduct and Grievance Procedure. The formal charge served on the appellant read as follows;-
“... In line with section 10.3 of the Zimpapers company Code of Conduct you are formally charged with the following:-
C(XVII) which reads, ‘Negligent loss damage or misuse of group property as read with More
On the 25th of July 2013 I granted a chamber application made pursuant to Section 19 (a) of the Labour Court Rules. Counsel for the Respondent requested for the reasons for the granting of the application. These are the reasons.
The Respondent being the Appellant in the main matter filed an appeal with this Court on the 23rd of August 2012. A Notice of Response was duly filed with the Registrar on the 5th of October 2012. On the 27th of February 2013 the Applicant filed this Chamber application for the dismissal of the appeal in terms of Rule 19... More
This is an appeal that was filed on 2 December 2013. The background of the matter as given by the Appellants in their heads of argument in that the Appellants were employed by the Respondent in different capacities on different dates within its establishment. More
