The brief facts of the matter are as follows. The applicant dismissed the respondent from its employ following a hearing conducted by the Regional Hearing Committee. In terms of the applicable Code the National Hearing Committee has the power to vary a decision from its lower tribunal. The National Hearing Committee exercised its discretion and varied the dismissal to a Final Written Warning. This aggrieved the applicant and it appealed to this Court on the basis that the National Hearing Committee misdirected itself by varying the sentence and that it ought not to have interfered. This Court dismissed the appeal... More
The appellant appeals to this Court against the determination made by its appellate body. In brief the respondent was dismissed by the Regional Hearing Committee following disciplinary proceedings. In terms of the applicable Code the National Hearing Committee (NHC) varied the dismissal penalty to a Final Written Warning. This aggrieved the appellant hence this appeal. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the National Hearing Committee (“N.H.C”) which set aside the dismissal penalty which had been meted out on the respondent by the Regional Hearing Committee (“R.H.C”). More
The appellant employed the respondent as a technical adviser.
The appellant charged the respondent with acts of misconduct, found him guilty and dismissed him.
The respondent appealed to the National hearing committee which reversed the decision to find him guilty and to dismiss him.
The appellant was aggrieved and it noted this appeal to this court.
The facts which lead to the dispute between the parties are that the appellant instructed the respondent through its client Services Chinhoyi on 10 September 2014 to put his home phone on incoming services only because it had accumulated a lot of arrears due... More
