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This is an appeal against the decision of the Appeals officer who upheld the decision of the Hearing Officer to dismiss the appellant from employment. The brief facts of the matter are that appellant was employed by the Respondent as a Section Manager. He was charged for contravening section 4 (a) of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations SI 15 of 2006. It was alleged that he swiped customers’ groceries using his own bank card and pocketed cash in United States Dollars that the customers would have brought to the Supermarket intending to pay for their purchases. By... More

The Respondent was employed by the Appellant as an Electrical Assistant. On 15th of October, 2009 he attained the age of 60 years. In accordance with appellant’s retirement policy the Respondent was advised of his retirement with effect from the 31st of December, 2009. The Respondent however challenged the decision to retire him and lodged instead a claim for unfair dismissal. Upon failure to conciliate by the Labour Officer the matter was referred for compulsory arbitration. The terms of reference were for the Arbitrator to determine whether or not the Appellant had been unlawfully dismissed from employment. More

This is an application for rescission of judgment. On the 11 March 2014 the hearing of an application for interim relief was set down for hearing at 0900 hours before Musariri J. Both parties had been duly advised of the date of set down and proof of service was on file. Applicant was in default and the application for interim relief was dismissed for want of prosecution. It is that order that is sought to be rescinded through this application. More

This is an appeal against an arbitral award which award upheld the respondents’ entitlement to a bonus which had been unilaterally withdrawn by the employer (appellant). The respondents were employees of the appellant. Prior to February 2009 it remunerated its employees in Zimbabwean dollars. This was prior to the country dollarizing. The appellant paid its grade 11 up to grade 14 employees who went on annual leave, a leave bonus, housing, transport and meals’ allowances. These were paid over and above their salaries to cushion them from the vagaries of inflation. The respondents are grade 11 plus employees. When the... More

The facts of this matter are briefly that the Respondent was employed as an electrical engineer. He was charged with two acts of misconduct that is 1. Habitual and substantial neglect of duty, and 2. Lack of skill The events which led to the charges were that on 10 and 11 September 2010, the Respondent is alleged, contrary to his duties, to have failed to repair an important BLC mill motor. More