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This is an appeal against the respondent council’s decision to dismiss the appellant employee following allegations of embezzlement of council funds at a time when the appellant was in employment as an accounts clerk. More

This is an appeal against the decision of the disciplinary hearing committee. More

This is an unopposed application for condonation for late filing of appeal which came before me in chambers. The founding affidavit by Oscar Maromo, the General Manager of the applicant, gives the background of the application. The respondents were dismissed from employment by the applicant on the basis of unsatisfactory performance as they had failed to account for missing stock. They appealed against the decision of the management to the National Employment Council for Commercial Sectors and their appeal was dismissed on 31 January 2013. Aggrieved they appealed to the Appeals Office within the National Employment Council for Commercial Sectors... More

This is an appeal against an arbitral award which found in favour of Respondent’s regarding a claim for alleged non-payment of terminal benefits. The seven Respondents allege to be former employees of the Appellant and that each commenced employment at different times and were not paid terminal benefits when such employment ceased under different circumstances. More

This is an application for quantification of damages. It is based on a judgment by CHIVIZHE J whose operative part reads as follows: “In the circumstances the appeal ought to be dismissed. The decision by the General Engineering Committee and indeed the decision by the Works Council clearly cannot stand. The Respondent shall be reinstated into employment with effect from the date of the wrongful termination of contract, being 24th March, 2009. The Appellant shall pay to the Appellant (sic) the salary and benefits from that date to the date of this order. ……………………………… In the event however that reinstatement... More

This is an appeal against the decision of the Respondent’s Disciplinary Authority, which found Appellant guilty of misconduct and imposed a penalty of demotion, transfer and reprimand. More

The background of this matter is that the respondents were permanent employees of Chinhoyi University & Technology farm. Currently they are employed by the joint venture of Zim-China Wan Agriculture (Pvt) Ltd. It is alleged that the respondents were advised by Mr Rashidi the Human Resources Manager to join the new venture before it was too late. The respondents expected the appellant to pay them a retrenchment package. The appellant on the other hand expected the respondents to give notice of their termination of employment. The matter was referred for conciliation but parties failed to reach a settlement and the... More