Greatermans Stores (1979) (Pvt) Ltd t/a Thomas Meikle Stores v The Respondents (Names Not Specified)

LC/H/58/16

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

14 January 2016

Citation

LC/H/58/16

Neutral Citation

[2016] ZWLC 58

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

Chivizhe J

Full Bench

Chivizhe JManyangadze JMurasi J

Areas of Law

Labour LawEmployment ContractsRetrenchment

Keywords

termination on noticeretrenchmentoperational reasonsSection 12(4) Labour ActDon Nyamande case

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Does an employer still have the right to terminate on notice where a prior retrenchment process had started and was abandoned?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Prior retrenchment process abandoned; termination under Section 12(4) without reasons"}
{"issue_text":"Whether termination on notice without stating reasons amounts to unlawful retrenchment","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"No reasons given in termination letters; background of retrenchment process"}
{"issue_text":"Whether arbitrator erred in refusing to be bound by Don Nyamande decision","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Arbitrator claimed appeal suspended the judgment"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The appellant employer had started a retrenchment process in 2012 due to economic viability problems but abandoned it for managerial employees. On 20 March 2015, the appellant terminated the respondents' employment contracts on notice under Section 12(4) of the Labour Act without stating reasons. The respondents challenged the termination as unlawful, claiming it was effectively a retrenchment.

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