This is an application for review of the decision by the Respondent to dismiss the applicant on charges of contravening its Code of conduct. Applicant is said to have conducted himself in a disorderly manner and deliberately refused to carry out an order in circumstances where he was held to be insubordinate.
The facts of the case are as follows:
On 21 June 2012 Applicant was served with a notification to attend a Disciplinary Hearing. On the same day when he appeared before the Committee he was advised that his charges were that he had participated in a work stoppage... More
This is an appeal against the appellant’s dismissal from respondent’s employ. The following are the grounds of appeal and I quote:
‘1. The appeals authority erred at law in making a finding that the Appellant was guilty of failing to obey an order on the 8th November 2021 when allegations against the appellant on the first charge was that Appellant disobeyed an order issued on the 29th October 2021.
2. The appeals authority erred at law in failing to make a finding that the charge of willful disobedience to a lawful order was unsustainable to the extent the Appellant had... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Respondent’s Appeals Committee which upheld the Disciplinary Committee’s decision to dismiss the Appellant following allegations of contravening the Respondent’s Code of Conduct. More
Applicant filed an application in this Court for the review of his dismissal from employment by Respondent. The Respondent opposed the application. More
The facts of this matter are common cause. There is in existence a Collective Bargaining Agreement governing the timber sector of the agricultural industry, Statutory Instrument 55 of 2013. (CBA). The CBA provides, inter alia, for a minimum wage of US$150.00.
The parties engaged in wage negotiations in which the respondent initially sought for an increase of the minimum wage from US$150.00 to US$180.00. It eventually backed down to the gazetted minimum wage. Its position was that this should be maintained at US$150.00 as agreed in the CBA. More
