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Labour Court Judgements
The appellant was charged and convicted of the following acts of misconduct under S.I.15 of 2006 of the National Employment Code of Conduct which reads;
“5.1. S4 (a) any act of conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of his or her contract.
5.2. (f) gross incompetency or inefficiency in the performance of his or her work.
A penalty of dismissal was imposed thereafter. His appeal to the Appeals Officer was dismissed hence the present appeal. More
This is an appeal from the decision of an arbitrator. It was handed down on 28 April 2015.
The respondent raised an objection in limine and stated that the appeal was improperly before the court. It was filed out of time contrary to the provisions of Rule 15 (1) of the Labour Court Rules, 2006. More
To that end this is a consolidated matter in respect of LC/H/350/13, LC/H/380, LC/H/384/14 and LC/H/259/15.
Parties agreed on the issues for determination by this court which were set out as follows:
Whether or not
i) Arbitrator Dangarembizi erred in finding the respondent not guilty of acts inconsistent with the terms and conditions of his contract of employment;
ii) Arbitrator Dangarembizi erred in finding the respondent guilty of wilful disobedience of a lawful order;
iii) Arbitrator Dangarembizi erred in interfering with the penalty of dismissal and in ordering the respondent’s reinstatement;
iv) Arbitrator Dangarembizi erred in awarding the employee back-pay... More
The matter was placed before me as an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on the 13th of October 2011. The Respondent was employed by the Appellant as the Sports Director. He was suspended from duty on 21st June 2011 on allegations of misconduct. More
By order date stamped 22nd February 2018 the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe remitted the matter to this Court for it:
“(a) To determine the actual period during which the appellant was employed by the respondent and in respect of which the respondent was contractually obliged to remit pension contributions to the relevant Pension Fund.
(b) To compute the exact amount of the contributions payable in respect of both employer’s and employee’s contributions, less the amounts already paid by the
respondents for the period of actual employment determined in terms of paragraph (a) above.” More
