Respondent faced allegations of misconduct and a hearing was given. Meanwhile, Respondent attended at a Doctor’s rooms and the Doctor instructed that she take a rest. This was communicated to the Respondent through the Matron who was a senior supervisor at Respondent’s work-station. Meanwhile, Respondent’s representatives approached the Respondent with a view to having the matter postponed to a further date for a hearing. This was not entertained by the Hearing Officer who ruled that the matter was to proceed. The matter was heard in Respondent’s absence. Respondent made an application for review to this Court. Both parties filed submissions... More
Arbitrator J Madziya, issued an arbitration award at Harare date-stamped
25 November 2015. He ordered appellant to reinstate respondent or pay her damages in lieu of reinstatement. Appellant then appealed to this court against the award. Respondent opposed the appeal. More
This is an application for leave to appeal a judgment of this court to the Supreme Court.
Appeals from this court to the Supreme Court are provided for in section 92 F (1) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] (The Act) which reads:
“(1) An appeal on a question of law only shall lie to the Supreme Court from any decision of the Labour Court.”
It is therefore trite that only questions or a question of law should be raised as grounds of appeal. More
On 5 July 2012 the Honourable P Shawatu made an arbitration award. The operative part ruled that,
“1. The parties i.e. Zibawu and Beaz, are hereby ordered that clause 6 of the July
2010 to December 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement meant that the year
on year inflation figure for every Collective Bargaining Cycle was to be used as the starting point in negotiating salary increases in each and every Collective Bargaining Cycle.
2. The parties are further ordered that the appropriate percentage is 10% which should be used to adjust the salaries for the period 1 January 2012 to 31... More
The Applicants are former employees of the Respondent. The Respondent is a registered company engaged in the beverage manufacturing business. In February, 2011, the Respondent moved premises to the Cold Storage Company premises. By end of May, 2011 electricity had been disconnected from the premises. This resulted in reduction of the business by 20%. The Respondent continued to pay its employees whist awaiting reconnection of electricity supplies. Electricity was restored in October, 2011 but was then disconnected in June, 2012. The electricity supplies have not been reconnected to date. More
