Great Zimbabwe University v Grace Matema

[2014] ZWLC 2

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

25 April 2014

Citation

[2014] ZWLC 2

Judgment No.

LC/MS/02/2014

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

The Honourable P. Muzofa

Author

P. Muzofa

Full Bench

P. Muzofa

Areas of Law

Labour LawEmployment Contracts

Keywords

variation of employment contractquestion of lawarbitral awardteaching assistantlecturer duties

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the grounds of appeal comply with section 98(10) requiring questions of law","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Six grounds of appeal filed by appellant"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the appellant is in contempt for failure to comply with the arbitrator's award","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Appellant did not comply with award; no specific damages amount stated"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The appellant university appealed against an arbitral award that had been made in favour of the respondent employee. Before addressing the merits, the respondent raised two preliminary objections regarding the validity of the appeal grounds and alleged contempt by the appellant.

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