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Labour Court
Donald Mhishi v Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe Limited
[2020] ZWLC 213
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
9 October 2020
Citation
[2020] ZWLC 213
Judgment No.
LC/H/213/2020
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal and Cross-Appeal
Bench
Presiding
Hove J
Full Bench
Hove J
Areas of Law
Employment LawDisciplinary Proceedings
Keywords
category D misconductdismissalappeals boardpenalty interferencevault security
Tags
unfair dismissalmisconductcategory D offencebanking sectorvault custodian
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the appeals board erred in interfering with the penalty of dismissal imposed by the disciplinary committee","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Employee found guilty of category D misconduct, appeals board reduced penalty from dismissal to severe written warning"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the employee was properly charged under category D rather than category B","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Employee's conduct involved failure to follow procedure/lock vault"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Employee employed as vault/strong room dual custodian at Masvingo Branch failed to lock strong room door on 6 August 2016 before long weekend. Employer charged him with category D misconduct and dismissed him. Appeals board upheld guilt but reduced penalty to severe written warning. Both parties appealed - employer against penalty reduction, employee against finding of guilt.
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