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REPORTABLE
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Judgment No. SC 31/18
Civil Appeal No. SC 553/13
ZIMBABWE
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
v
STUART CHAPMAN
SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE
GARWE JA, HLATSHWAYO JA & MAVANGIRA JA
HARARE, 24 FEBRUARY 2017 & JUNE 7, 2018
E.T. Moyo, for the appellant
I. Chiwara, for the respondent
GARWE JA
[1]
This is an appeal against the decision of the Labour Court dismissing with costs an
appeal noted against an arbitral award ordering the appellant to pay to the respondent
wages and benefits for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 August 2014.
BACKGROUND
[2]
The respondent was engaged by the appellant as operations manager in 2012. Such
employment was on fixed term contracts that were continuously rolled over. The last
such contract, due to expire on 31 March 2014, forms the basis of the dispute between
the parties in this matter. The contract of employment provided, in relevant part, as
follows:
“TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Notice to terminate your employment other than the expiry of the contract shall
be 1 (one) calendar month served in writing by either party, effective from the
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