This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court (the court a quo) wherein it upheld the respondent’s appeal and set aside the decision of the designated agent who found that the termination of the respondent’s employment by the appellant was lawful. More
This is an application for condonation of the late filing of an appeal. The Respondents have since had the award registered with the Magistrates Court for purposes of execution. The Applicant lodged an appeal with this court under case number LC/H/908/23 on the 8th November 2023. The appeal was struck off the roll by this court under judgment number LC/H/133/24. The appeal was struck off the roll on a technicality with the court finding that the appeal as defective in that the Appellant had mistakenly swapped the amounts the figures of the amounts awarded to the Respondents. The Applicant had... More
This is an appeal against the decision filed in terms of section 128 (1) of the Labour Act, (Chapter 28:01) as amended by Act 11 of 2023. The sole ground of appeal is couched as follows:
“The Labour Officer erred in allowing claims for outstanding salaries for the 2nd Respondent on the strength of a bank statement which had some pages missing. In any event, the bank statement attached showed that 2nd Respondent was owed only $ 1 200- 00.” More
This is an application for condonation of the late filing of an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
In a judgment dated 6 January 2023, this Court set aside the decision of Determining Authority which had found the Respondent Not Guilty of the misconduct charges. The Court ordered parties to file submissions pertaining to issues of aggravation and mitigation. In a further decision dated 13 April 2023, this Court issued a penalty of a Final Written Warning and ordered Respondent’s reinstatement to her former position without loss of salary and benefits failure of which Respondent was entitled... More
The respondent was employed by the appellant as a revenue officer. He was charged with an act of misconduct in terms of the appellant’s code of conduct (the code) for : ‘Gross negligence in the execution of duties.’ According to the applicable code this falls under ‘Group D-Most Serious Offences’. The matter was later referred to a labour officer in terms of S101(6) of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 (the Act).On 11December 2020 the Labour Officer, L Nhandara , made a determination that the appellant had wrongly charged the respondent. In the circumstances the Labour Officer ordered the appellant to... More
The applicant is a body corporate established in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The respondent is employed by the applicant as a Revenue Specialist. The respondent was charged with acts of misconduct in that she failed to carry out a proper clearance of a motor vehicle which is a D25 offence in terms of the applicant’s code of conduct. On 24 January 2020 the dispute was referred to a Labour Officer for determination of the alleged misconduct as the applicant’s disciplinary committee could not sit. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court, Bulawayo (the court a quo) which granted an order compelling the appellant to reimburse the respondent the sum of USD 63 378.00 being duty for the importation of a motor vehicle. More
