unfair dismissalrepudiation of contractalternative employmentreligious schism
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employment contractrepudiationreligious organizationarbitral award
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Statutes Cited
Labour Act
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Case Summary
Key Issues
{"issue_text":"Whether the respondents repudiated their contracts of employment with the Church of the Province of Central Africa by taking up employment with the Anglican Church of the Province of Zimbabwe","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondents worked under ACPZ from December 2007, received ACPZ salaries"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the appellant owed any salaries to the respondents for the period December 2007 to November 2012","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellant did not pay salaries during this period, ACPZ paid salaries"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the respondents were unfairly dismissed and propriety of their entitlement to reinstatement","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondents evicted in November 2012 after Supreme Court decision"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The Church of the Province of Central Africa appealed against an arbitral award that found it had unlawfully dismissed six employees. The employees had continued working at the Cathedral after Bishop Kunonga's secession in 2007, receiving salaries from the breakaway Anglican Church of the Province of Zimbabwe (ACPZ) until 2012 when the Supreme Court restored church properties to the original church.
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