This is an appeal against the arbitral award by Hon H Nyamupachitu which was handed down on the 29th of October 2012. In this award the Appellant was ordered to pay a total sum of $120 451.46 within 14 days of signing the arbitral award. More
This is an appeal and cross appeal against the quantum of damages in lieu of reinstatement awarded to the Respondent (Jonathan) by the Arbitrator.
The salient facts are as follows, Jonathan was employed by the Appellant (UDCORP) as a Manager in the Department of Development and Technical Services. He was charged and dismissed on charges of misconduct. He referred the matter to a Labour Officer for conciliation which failed. The matter was thereafter referred for compulsory arbitration. The Arbitrator made a finding that Jonathan had been unfairly dismissed More
The matter was set down before me as an application for dismissal in terms of Rule 19(3)(a) of the Labour Court Rules, 2006.
When the parties appeared it was submitted by the respondent that the appellant having filed heads out of time the appellant was automatically barred and the court was urged to proceed to determine the matter on the merits.
The appellant through counsel however submitted an oral application for condonation. It was submitted on its behalf that there was a reasonable explanation for the delay in filing heads. The matter was being handled at appellant’s legal counsel firm... More
This is an appeal against a decision of the appeals board of the Chemicals and Fertilizers Manufacturing Industry handed down on 26 August 2013.
Respondent is a former employee of the appellant. He was employed as a machine operator in the production department until his dismissal on 29 May 2013 which was effective from 22 April 2013 being the date of suspension. More
This matter was set down as an appeal by the appellant against the setting aside of the respondent’s dismissal by the N.E.C. appeals committee for the Chemicals and Fertilisers Manufacturing Industry.On the set down date the appellant made an oral application for the condonation of its late filing of the heads of argument in the matter. It is the condonation application which is the subject matter of the instant judgment. More
The applicants intend to appeal against an arbitral award, which award was issued on the 23rd September, 2013. This application for condonation was filed in this Court on the 2nd May, 2014. This is a delay of 7 months. More
