This is an appeal by the appellant/employer against a decision made against it. Such decision was made by a hearing authority appointed by the employer (appellant). The hearing authority is not in the employ of the appellant. More
The appellant and respondent are embroiled in a labour dispute. When the matter was placed before me it could not proceed on merits, the respondent raised two preliminary points that the appellant has dirty hands therefore should not be allowed to prosecute its matter. Secondly that the grounds of appeal do not raise questions of law. More
This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of this court that was handed down on 15 May 2015. This court in its judgment ordered as follows:
“1. The arbitral award issued by Honourable G Nashobe and is hereby set aside and in its place the following order is made:
(i) The claim for the payment of 5% outstanding salary allowances be and is hereby dismissed.
(ii) The claim for the payment of the engineer’s allowance to other managers in D3 and D4 be and is hereby dismissed.
(iii) The appellant be and... More
The matter was placed before me as an appeal hearing. At the commencement of this hearing the Applicant (Respondent in the main matter)raised a preliminary point. The point was that the Respondent having filed his appeal against the Applicant’s Appeals Committee to this Court, the Applicant having in turn filed its notice of opposition in the matter (on 12th October 2011) the Respondent then filed its Heads of Argument on (23rd September 2013) almost two years after the notice of opposition. It was Applicant’s position that by virtue of Rule 19 of the Labour Court Rules,Statutory Instrument 59 of 2006the... More
