The Appellant was employed by the Respondent on a fixed term contract from 28 July, 2009 to end of June, 2010. The Appellant then absented himself from duty without leave from 21 September, 2009 to 16 October, 2009. This was during examination time when he should have been part of the invigilating team and when he should have been present when students wrote his examination paper. More
The appellant worked for the respondent as an I T Support Officer at Head Office in Harare. He was charged with misconduct (gross incompetence or inefficiency in the performance of work). He was found guilty and then dismissed from employment. He appealed against his dismissal to the respondent’s appeals machinery. On 27 January 2014 the Final Appeals Committee dismissed his appeal. He then appealed to this court. The respondent opposed the appeal. More
This is an application for the rescission of a default judgment made in the employer’s favour against the applicant employee. Facts of the matter are that on 7 October 2015 the Labour Court allowed in default the appeal filed the employer because the employee had not attended the hearing on that day despite service. Aggrieved by the default order the employee made the application which is the subject of this judgment.
Basis of the application is that the set down notice did not get to the employee representative’s attention. He therefore argues that he has always been keen to defend... More
The Respondent was the Applicant’s credit controller from 18 September, 2009. The Applicant paid the Respondent agreed wages from September to November, 2009. From December, 2009, the Applicant stopped paying the wages. No wages were paid for the whole of 2010. Instead Applicant was giving the Respondent a transport allowance. On 5 February, 2011, the Respondent approached the Applicant, asking for the outstanding wages. The Applicant refused to pay him. The Respondent referred the issue to a labour officer who referred the issue to arbitration. More
