The appellant was employed on a fixed term contract. The contract expired and was renewed. After its renewal, the appellant was fired allegedly for incompetence, needless to say this decision to terminate the contract of employment was unlawful as it did not comply with the provisions of Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] Section 12 B (2) which provides that;
“an employee is unfairly dismissed – More
Applicant applied to this Court for condonation of late filing of an appeal. Respondent opposed the application. The intended appeal is against the judgement of the Court referenced LC/H/171/19. The judgment is dated the 14 June 2019. This application was filed on the 22nd January 2020. Thus the extent of the delay in filing the appeal is almost 6 (six) months. I consider that to be an inordinate delay. The Applicant’s attorney stated that the delay is not inordinate. Applicant was requiredto seek leave to appeal within 21 days, but didso 5-6 months later. I consider it is disingenuous to... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the designated authority which upheld the Appellant’s dismissal at his workplace.
The basic facts of the case are that Appellant was dismissed on 22/07/2011 following a hearing into allegations that he had contravened section (4) (h) of Statutory Instrument 165/92 (gross incompetence inefficiency in the performance of his work)
The charges in question arose from the fact that certain bearings which had been under his care and custody had been discovered to be missing following a stock take by his superiors. Further to that various other items which were also kept at... More
Applicant applied to this Court for condonation of a late appeal in terms of Rule 22 of the Labour Court Rules S.I. 150.17. Respondent opposed the application. More
