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Labour Court Judgements
The matter was placed before me as an application for quantification. The Respondent was in default of appearance on the date of the set down. The court upon satisfaction that proper service had been effected on the Respondentproceeded with the hearing by allowing Appellant to make submissions on his claims. See Rule 30 of the Labour Court Rules, Statutory Instrument 59 of 2006. At the end of proceeding the court handed down a judgment in favour of the Appellant in the amounts claimed. In so doing the court was cognisant of the fact that whether the matter had been considered... More
The determination or decision sought to be appealed and reviewed is dated 9th January, 2023. Rules 19 and 20 of the Labour Court Rules S.I. 150/17 require that matter should be brought to Court within 21 (twenty-one) days of the impugned decision. The 21-day period in casu expired on 7th February 2023. The appeal/review is date stamped the 14th February 2023. Therefore, ex-facie the relevant documents the matter was filed out of time. However, applicant averred that he uploaded his papers on the 3rd February 2023, but the Registrar only stamped them on 14th February 2023. There is nothing on... More
On 3rd September 2010 this Court made an order which directed Respondent to reinstate Appellant’s employ without loss of salary or benefits. In the event that reinstatement was untenable, Respondent was directed to pay Applicant damages for loss of employment. On 21st November 2012 Applicant filed this application for quantification of damages. Respondent opposed the application. More
On 12 June 2014 at Harare, arbitrator R Matsikidze issued an arbitration award. He dismissed appellants’ claims against respondent. Appellants then appealed to this court against the award. Respondent opposed the appeal. More
This is an application for condonation of late filing of application for review. A dispute arose between the Applicants and the Respondent which was referred for conciliation. The parties could not agree and the matter was referred to arbitration. Applicants were employed on fixed term contracts which were not renewed when they expired. Applicants alleged that they were on contracts without limit of time and the termination of whose contracts on notice was irregular. The arbitrator ruled in favour of the Respondent, dismissing the claim for lack of merit. The award was rendered on 18 September 2013. More
