The Respondent was employed by the appellant. He was nominated to go and attend a presentation or workshop. On his way to the workshop his motor vehicle broke down. He failed to communicate his predicament to his employers because he did not have a mobile cell phone. He was rescued at about 1800 hours. More
The appellant was dismissed from the respondent’s employment following disciplinary proceedings for theft. This was a breach of paragraph 5.3.11 of the applicable Code. His internal appeals failed. Aggrieved by the dismissal, the appellant appeals to this Court on the following grounds:
“1. The appellant was not given sufficient time to prepare for the hearing. She was served with the Notification to attend a Hearing on the 4th March 2011 (Friday) for Monday 7th March 2011 at 0900 hrs. Effectively, our client was given less than twenty four hours to prepare for the hearing as the notice was only served... More
The applicants appeared in this court praying that this court should grant the order in the Draft Order which states as follows:
“It is ordered that
(1) The respondent shall pay to the first, second, third and fourth applicants by way of salaries and benefits with effect from 9 April and 24 May 2012 respectively, broken down as follows:
TendayiTamanikwa, the sum of US$77 504-93
Frank Tinarwo the sum of US$77 984-93
EmmersonPamire, the sum of US$76 344-93
TendaiMombeshora, the sum of US$69 223-04
(2) The respondent shall pay the costs of this application.” More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award.
Appellants’ ground of appeal was that the Arbitrator erred in concluding that the termination of the contract was lawful because the contracts were fixed term contracts that had expired.
The Arbitrator’s term of reference was to determine if the dismissal was unfair. More