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Appellant was employed as a teacher at St. Killian’s School. He is alleged to have committed acts of misconduct which resulted in him being brought before a Disciplinary Committee. The Disciplinary Committee found him guilty on certain of the charges and recommended his dismissal. Appellant is dissatisfied with this decision and has appealed to this Court. More

The appellant appealed to the Appeals Committee, in terms of the appellant company’s Code of Conduct (the Code). The appeal, which was lodged on 10 January 2011, was out of time, in terms of the timelines stipulated by the Code. On 15 March 2011, the Appeals Committee refused to hear appellant’s appeal, as it was out of time. More

Appellant’s three grounds of appeal were that - “the nature of offence of suspected theft does not exist in the code of conduct. - Respondent is acting on hearsay without sufficient evidence. - He is victimizing appellant who reported of theft 3 days earlier” More

This is an appeal from a decision of an arbitrator who dismissed appellant’s claim on the basis that it had prescribed. The background to this case is somewhat disputed. The appellant was employed by the respondent as a farm manager until the contract of employment was terminated by respondent in 2007. The appellant filed a complaint with the Ministry of Labour at Karoi for unfair labour practice. No certificate was issued since parties agreed to give the employment relationship another chance. According to appellant the employment relationship continued to be acrimonious and he sought to resuscitate the 2007 matter before... More

Appellant was employed as a lecturer under the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education. He was stationed at the United College of Education in Bulawayo. More

The parties are agreed in these proceedings that only four applicants remain in this matter and these are Silver Anne Mungofa, Eileen Mazombwe, FeresiaMandizvidza and Davison Chigudugudze More

The Appellant noted an appeal against the determination handed down by the Arbitrator on 25TH March, 2013. The Appellant is a former employee of the Respondent. He was dismissed from employment on the 2nd of August 2011. The Appellant initially pursued conciliation before the Labour Officer and when that failed the matter was referred for compulsory arbitration. The Arbitrator on 6th of August 2012 then issued an award by which Respondent was directed to reinstate Appellant without any loss of salary and benefits from the date of unlawful dismissal. In the event that reinstatement was no longer tenable the Respondent... More