ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (PVT) LTD Versus WALTER MUFANOCHIYA

Labour Court · LC-H-33-2016 · 01 2016

This is an appeal against an arbitral award wherein the Learned Arbitrator ordered the appellant to reinstate the respondent with no loss of salary with an alternative order for damages should reinstatementbe no longer possible. The facts of this matter…

DDNS SECURITY OPERATIONS t/a SECURICO SECURITY SERVICES AND BEAVEN DENHERE

Labour Court · LC-H-32-16 · 01 2016

This is an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on 7 March 2014, in terms of which the dismissal of the respondent from the employment of the appellant was held to be unlawful. The background to the matter is…

GANIZANI BASWELL And ARCTURUS MINE

Labour Court · LC-H-31-16 · 01 2016

This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s Appeals Committee, which upheld the dismissal of the appellant from employment. The appellant was dismissed from employment following his conviction on misconduct allegations by the respondent’s Disciplinary Committee. The appellant…

MUREVEGWI HWAIRE And THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION & CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Labour Court · LC-H-30-16 · 01 2016

This is an application for review of the disciplinary proceedings conducted by the respondent’s Disciplinary Authority on 3 February 2015, which resulted in the applicant being found guilty of misconduct and being discharged from employment as a consequence thereof. The…

PIONEER TRANSPORT (PVT) LTD Versus ELIZABETH ANA DA SILVA

Labour Court · LC-H-29-2016 · 01 2016

This is an appeal against the decision of the arbitrator where he ruled that the respondent employee had been unlawfully dismissed and ordered that she be reinstated with full benefits or that she be paid damages in place of reinstatement.…

ZIMBABWE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT And ALBERT NDORO

Labour Court · LC-H-28-16 · 01 2016

This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against this court’s judgment on a point in limine which ruled that the appeal grounds raised by the then appellant indeed made out points of law worthy of…

NEW AMBASSADOR HOTEL Versus TANAKA TAKAWIRA

Labour Court · LC-H-27-2016 · 01 2016

This is an application for leave to appeal to this court against the judgment of this court that was handed down on 10 July 2015. In its judgment this court upheld the decision of Honourable Arbitrator Grurupira that was issued…

SAMUEL MUZEMBI And TOYOTA ZIMBABWE (PVT) LTD

Labour Court · LC-H-26-2016 · 01 2016

Appellant was charged with acts of misconduct in terms of Section 5.3 of respondent’s Code of Conduct. These were:- 4.3 (XV) 1. Disrespectful conduct it being allegedthat on or about the 20 August 2014 he wrote and distributed electronic mail…

T MAKAHAMADZE 1st Appellant L VENGAI 2nd Appellant VERSUS PLASTIC STAR TRADING

Labour Court · LC-H-24-16 · 01 2016

On 19 June 2015 at Harare, Arbitrator M Dangarembizi made an arbitration award. He dismissed appellants’ claims of underpayment by their employer, the respondent. Appellants then appealed to this court against the award.

ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION And SERVIOUS KUFANDADA & 25 OTHERS

Labour Court · LC-H-23-16 · 01 2016

This is an application in terms of section 92 C of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01]. It is an application to have the judgment of the court corrected as it is alleged that there is an error in the final…

BOTHWELL JACHATIMBE 1stAPPLICANT And AMON ZVIGERENANI 2ndAPPLICANT And MAKION CHINYANGA 3rd APPLICANT versus AFRICAN SUN LIMITED

Labour Court · LC-H-22-2016 · 01 2016

This is an application for condonation of late filing of heads of argument and upliftment of automatic bar operating against the applicants. The applicants aver that heads of argument were filed out of time in disregard of the rules because…

DR JABULANI KUCHENA Versus THE SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (SIRDC)

Labour Court · LC-H-21-2016 · 01 2016

This is a typical case where the wheels of justice grind at a very slow speed indeed. On 6 February 2008 President Kachambwa (as he then was) issued an order for the reinstatement of the applicant with an alternative to…

OSPITIOTA CHIHANDE Versus EAGLESVALE SCHOOL

Labour Court · LC-H-20-16 · 01 2016

This is an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on 15 May 2015, in terms of which it was ruled that the appellant’s contract of employment was lawfully terminated, as she had reached the retirement age of sixty years.

CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF CENTRAL APPELLANT AFRICA Versus PASCAL MREWA 1ST RESPONDENT And BOTERERA TSONGO 2ND RESPONDENT And SHADRECK NYATSURO 3RD RESPONDENT And JOSEPH CHIDARIKIRE 4TH RESPONDENT And TAWANDA CHABATA 5TH RESPONDENT And JOSEPH KUNONGA 6TH RESPONDENT

Labour Court · LC-H-19-16 · 01 2016

The appellant is the former employer of the respondents who were each employed at different times in different capacities prior to December 2007 at the Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints. On 21 September 2007, the then bishop of…

RUDOLPH P. MATSANGA And PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Labour Court · LC-H-18-16 · 01 2016

This is an appeal at the instance of the appellant employee against his dismissal by the respondent employer. The background to the matter is that appellant who was in the respondent’s employ as an accountant was charged with misconduct for…

SMALL ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION And STANSLOUS MAKUSHA

Labour Court · LC-H-17-16 · 01 2016

On the 1stof August, 2014, the Labour Court (Muzofa J.) issued a judgment in a matter pitting the above parties (StanslousMakusha V Small Enterprises Development Corporation (SEDCO) LC/H/918/2013). Two preliminary issues had been raised in that matter, to wit; that…

DUNLOP ZIMBABWE (PVT) LTD , RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS (PVT) LTD , GENERAL BELTINGS, A DIVISION OF G B HOLDINGS LIMITED And THE ZIMBABWE CHEMICALS, PLASTICS 1ST RESPONDENT AND ALLIED WORKERS’UNION And THE ACTING REGISTRAR OF LABOUR 2ND RESPONDENT

Labour Court · LC-H-16-16 · 01 2016

This is an application for review of the decision of the Acting Registrar made in terms of section 45 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01]. The facts in this case are common cause. The first respondent applied to the second…

VOLUNTARY SERVICE OVERSEAS Versus PETER MUTOREDZANWA

Labour Court · LC-H-15-16 · 01 2016

This is an appeal at the appellant employer’s instance against an arbitration order which ruled that it was supposed to refund the respondent employee $12 000 deducted by ZIMRA from his package. The background to the matter is that the…

In the matter between: MAKUMBE PRIMARY SCHOOL And VIVIAN MAKUMBE & 2 OTHERS

Labour Court · LC-H-14-16 · 01 2016

This is an appeal against an arbitral award issued on 3 June 2015 in favour of the respondents. The respondents were employed by the appellant in various capacities. They were being paid wages below the stipulated amount resulting in them…

NICKSON BUSU And FIDELITY LIFE ASSURANCE

Labour Court · LC-H-13-16 · 01 2016

This is an appeal against the decision of Honourable S. Mugumisi that was handed down on 25 June 2015. The award is couched as follows; “In the result, it is my finding that the 1st respondent had no jurisdiction to…