ZB Bank Limited v Tirivanhu Marimo

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the court a quo erred in concluding that the misconduct of sending emails to more than the maximum permissible number of recipients at a time, did not amount to dismissable misconduct","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The respondent sent emails to 378 recipients, exceeding the 10-person limit in IT policy"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the court a quo erred in failing to appreciate that the respondent's conduct in violating the standing regulations was a breach of his privileges as the representative of the workers' committee and could therefore not be excused","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The respondent was chairperson of workers' committee acting in that capacity"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the respondent's disclosure of confidential salary information constituted serious misconduct justifying dismissal","issue_type":"law/mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The respondent disclosed actual salary figures of managerial employees without authorization"}

Background