Applicant entered into a contract of employment with the Respondent on 1 May 1988 as a trainee junior traffic assistant based at Bulawayo airport. He rose through the ranks to the position of traffic Officer which position he held until his suspension in January 2000. On 10 February 2000 Applicant appeared before a disciplinary committee. The outcome of the hearing was only communicated after Applicant had approached the High Court in October 2000 seeking an order that the results be communicated. Respondent faxed to Applicant an unsigned letter dated 17 February 2000 advising that Applicant’s services had been terminated with... More
This is an application for quantification of damages. Parties are agreed that the applicant be awarded his backpay and any cash in lieu of leave days due to him. More
The matter was set down as an application for quantification of damages. On the set down date both parties appeared. The respondent’s counsel submitted that the respondent was not opposed to the granting of the quantification as prayed for by the applicant. Consequently the court made an order by consent on the quantification matter.
When the parties were stood down the applicant indicated that she had forgotten to request the court to order that the respondent pay for the motor vehicle licence and insurance for the motor vehicle which she was using as part of her benefits more so now... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Appeals Board for the National Employment Council for the Banking Undertaking (NEC Appeals Board), which reversed Appellant’s Disciplinary Committee’s decision to dismiss Respondent from employment after it found him guilty of misconduct in terms of the applicable NEC Code of Conduct. More
The Appellant’s grounds of appeal are that the Arbitrator erred when he concluded that there was no constructive dismissal of the Appellant. The Appellant prayed that the Award be substituted with the following;
“Appellant be hereby held to have been constructively dismissed and Respondent be ordered to
(1) Pay punitive damages and all outstanding salary arrears including all benefits.
(2) Should parties agree reinstate Appellant without loss of salary and benefits.”
The Respondent on the other hand told the court that the appellant had not raised any point of law as provided for in Section 98 (10) of the Labour... More
This is an appeal against part of an arbitral award issued on
29 August 2013. In the award, it was ruled that the respondent was not unfairly dismissed. It was ruled that the respondent be refunded the amount of US$950.00 that was paid to the appellant for the use of water and electricity.
It is against that part of the award that ordered refund of the sum of US$950.00 that this appeal has been noted. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award wherein the appellant was alleging unfair dismissal, nonpayment of wages and underpayment of wages by respondent. The arbitrator dismissed the case on the basis that it had prescribed. More
