University of Zimbabwe v Lovemore Madakuenda

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the Respondent is entitled to an acting allowance in the absence of a provision in the contract of employment entitling him to such an allowance.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The respondent's contract of employment does not provide for the payment of an acting allowance."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the conduct of the Respondent's Head of Department constituted a contract imposing rights and obligations between the Respondent and the Appellant in respect of the acting allowance.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The Head of Department wrote memoranda requesting payment of an acting allowance and formal appointment."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the arbitrator could issue an order for payment of an acting allowance without any quantification of the same.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"The arbitral award ordered payment without specifying the amount."}

Background