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Labour Court
Wellington Madade v National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd
JUDGMENT NO LC/H/275/2023
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
21 June 2023
Citation
JUDGMENT NO LC/H/275/2023
Neutral Citation
[2023] ZWLC 275
Judgment No.
LC/H/275/2023
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
G. Musariri
Full Bench
G. Musariri
Areas of Law
Labour LawCivil Evidence
Keywords
dismissalmisconducthearsayappealbank guarantee
Tags
misconducthearsay evidencedisciplinary hearingbank guarantee
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Labour Act
- Civil Evidence Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the employer improperly relied on hearsay evidence in finding the employee guilty.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Reliance on AOD's testimony regarding CEO's instruction."}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the acts of misconduct were proven.","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Failure to obey instruction, admission of forgetting, belated attempt to renew."}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The appellant, an employee of the respondent, was dismissed for disobeying a lawful instruction from the CEO to call back a bank guarantee on 4 March 2022. He failed to do so, admitted forgetting on 14 March 2022, and belatedly attempted to renew the guarantee on 21 March 2022 after it had expired.
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