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The matter was placed before me as an application for leave to appeal against a determination handed down by this court on the 1st April, 2009. The application is opposed. More

The matter was initially placed before me on 14th March 2008 as an urgent chamber application for an order. The parties concerned however resolved to settle the matter out of court. The settlement agreement reached between the parties was later filed with the court. The court then granted an order in terms of the settlement agreement reached. More

The Appellant was employed by the Respondent as a canteen assistant on various fixed term contracts, the last of which terminated on the 30th of November, 2012. The Appellant thereafter referred a complaint of an unfair labour practice based on section 12B (3) (b) of the Labour [Cap 28:01] to the Labour officer. When the Labour officer failed to conciliate the matter was referred to compulsory arbitration. The arbitrator after considering the evidence and submissions made before him issued an award finding that there was no basis on which a legitimate expectation of the renewal of her award could have... More

Appellant appealed against her dismissal from employment by Respondent. With the consent of Respondent, she amended her three grounds of appeal by dropping the first 2 grounds. The remaining ground was amended to read as follows, “The allegations of misconduct are far fetched, ill-conceived and there is no evidence led to prove the allegations of misconduct.” Respondent opposed the appeal. The crisp issue became whether the evidence tendered proved the offence charged. The charges were fraud and an act inconsistent with the conditions of the employment contract. It was specifically alleged that, “… you wrongfully, unlawfully and fraudulent misrepresented information... More

This is an application for late noting of review of the alleged dismissal from employment by the respondent. It is alleged that they were dismissed from employment in January 2011. There is no decision by the Tribunal to be reviewed. There was no hearing that was conducted at the work place. They were just informed by the headmaster that their services were no longer required by the school. There is no decision to be reviewed in this case. Parties should follow other channels, to redress their grievance. More

The appellant is appealing against the arbitral award which was handed down by Honourable T.R. Madzimure on the 20th of May 2013. More

This is an appeal against a decision by an arbitrator. The arbitrator awarded a 20% increase to A1 engineering employees in the Engineering Sector covered by the National Employment Council for the period 1 March 2011 to 28 February 2012. More