This is an appeal against the award granted by honourable arbitrator Y Malama on 17 September 2014. The award is couched as follows
“Having made the above observation, I award that the employees were unfairly dismissed and should be reinstated to their original positions without loss of salary and benefits from date of dismissal and that if reinstatement is no longer an option the employees be paid damages in lieu of reinstatement, the quantum of which parties may agree and that failure to agree either party may refer the matter back to the arbitrator for quantification of such damages.”
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The Respondent was employed by the Appellant as a Flight Lines Engineer. He was employed on the basis of a fixed term contract from the 1st of October 2021 to the 30th of September, 2024. The Respondent’s employment was terminated on the 31st of January, 2023. The Respondent being aggrieved by a perceived unlawful termination referred the dispute to a Labour Officer. The matter was set down for conciliation. The parties however failed to reach conciliation. A Certificate of No Settlement was issued although it does not form part of the record. The Labour Officer then proceeded to hear oral... More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on 27 May 2013 the operative part of which reads as follows;
“That it be, and is hereby, ordered that the dispute be remitted back to the designated agent of the Employment Council for the Undertaking of Harare Municipality who is seized with matter for disposal.” More
The Appellants in this case engaged in a collective job action.
The employer brought disciplinary proceedings against the Appellants and found them guilty and dismissed then. They appealed against the decision to dismiss them but were unsuccessful before the Designated Agent of the National Employment Council for the Motor Industry. More
