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This is an application for reinstatement of a matter. This is a result of the matter having deemed abandoned by the Registrar because of Applicant’s non-compliance of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. More

On 22 July 2015 this Court granted an order in which it allowed respondent’s appeal in accordance with Rule 22 of the Labour Court Rules 2006, (Statutory Instrument 59 of 2006). Applicant has applied for rescission of that judgment. Respondent has raised a point in limine stating that appellant is disabled from making such application due to the nature of the judgment granted. Mr Gama submitted that when the parties appeared before the Court, applicant’s Counsel applied to the Court for condonation for late filing of the Response and the Court did not grant the application and proceeded to deal... More

The Applicant is Zimbabwe Power Company a registered company in terms of the laws of this country. The Respondents are employees of the Applicant employed in various capacities, and based at Kariba where they occupied houses belonging to the Appellant. They are in these proceedings represented by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. It is common cause that the Respondents were in 2001 offered the right to purchase from the Appellant (who was previously known as Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority) the houses which they were occupying. More

This is an application for condonation of the late filing of an appeal. The Respondents have since had the award registered with the Magistrates Court for purposes of execution. The Applicant lodged an appeal with this court under case number LC/H/908/23 on the 8th November 2023. The appeal was struck off the roll by this court under judgment number LC/H/133/24. The appeal was struck off the roll on a technicality with the court finding that the appeal as defective in that the Appellant had mistakenly swapped the amounts the figures of the amounts awarded to the Respondents. The Applicant had... More

This is an appeal against the decision filed in terms of section 128 (1) of the Labour Act, (Chapter 28:01) as amended by Act 11 of 2023. The sole ground of appeal is couched as follows: “The Labour Officer erred in allowing claims for outstanding salaries for the 2nd Respondent on the strength of a bank statement which had some pages missing. In any event, the bank statement attached showed that 2nd Respondent was owed only $ 1 200- 00.” More