Reckitt Benckiser Zimbabwe v Emmanuel Gweva & 2 Ors

LC/H/235/14

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

11 April 2014

Citation

LC/H/235/14

Neutral Citation

[2014] ZWLC 235

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

P Muzofa

Full Bench

P Muzofa

Areas of Law

Labour LawEmployment Contracts

Keywords

fixed-term contractscasual employmentsection 12(3) Labour Actcontract renewaltermination of employment

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether successive fixed-term contracts entered into by the respondents were contracts of casual employment falling within section 12(3) of the Labour Act","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Continuous renewal of one-month contracts for periods exceeding 6 weeks"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the respondents were permanent employees of the appellant","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Continuous renewal of contracts over extended periods"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the respondents and appellant entered into successive fixed-term contracts which terminated on expiry of each fixed term","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Contracts specified termination dates"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

Three employees worked for Reckitt Benckiser Zimbabwe on continuously renewed one-month fixed-term contracts for periods ranging from 1 year 3 months to 7 years 6 months. On 30 September 2010, they were orally advised not to report for duty the following day as their contracts had been terminated. The matter went to arbitration where the arbitrator ruled in favour of the employees.

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