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Labour Court
Cleopatra Mhariwa v Karanda Mission Hospital & Anor
[2020] ZWLC 89
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
22 May 2020
Citation
[2020] ZWLC 89
Judgment No.
LC/H/89/2020
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Application
Bench
Presiding
Kachambwa J
Full Bench
Kachambwa J
Areas of Law
Labour lawContract law
Keywords
Fixed-term contractTacit relocationContract renewalDamagesTermination
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Fixed-term contractContract renewalTacit relocationDamages
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ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether continued employment after fixed-term contract expiry creates permanent contract or tacitly renews fixed-term contract","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Employee continued working after August 2015 without new written contract"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether employer's payment of September 2018 salary and granting leave evidenced contract renewal","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"September salary paid, leave granted until October 2018"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The employee was employed on a four-month fixed-term contract renewable at employer's discretion. She continued working beyond the contract expiry date without signing a new agreement. When terminated in September 2018, the applicant agent ruled it had become a permanent contract, but the court found it was merely tacitly renewed on same terms until December 2018.
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