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SC 12/21

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Case Details

Court

Supreme Court

Date

15 March 2021

Citation

SC 12/21

Neutral Citation

[2021] ZWSC 12

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

MAVANGIRA JA

Author

MAKONI JA

Full Bench

MAVANGIRA JAMAKONI JACHATUKUTA AJA

Areas of Law

Labour LawContract Law

Keywords

Tacit relocationFixed-term contractEmploymentRenewalLabour Act

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the court a quo erred in finding that the contracts of employment had been tacitly relocated","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondents continued working after contract expiry; appellant offered new contracts; appellant terminated employment"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The respondents' fixed-term contracts expired on 30 April 2015, but the appellant allowed them to continue working until 22 June 2015 without new contracts. The appellant then offered new one-year contracts with less favorable terms, which the respondents rejected. The appellant terminated their employment, leading to a dispute over whether the expired contracts had been tacitly renewed.

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