Industrial Relations Court of Malawi - 2014

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Judgment date
September 2014
Applicant’s summary dismissal for taking cooked food without permission found unfair; awarded eight months’ salary compensation.
Employment law – unfair dismissal – summary dismissal – proportionality of sanction – disciplinary procedure – mitigation – compensation under Employment Act secs 56–63.
9 September 2014
August 2014
Class/representative suits require High Court leave; IRC Form 1 must sufficiently particularise retrenchment claims.
Industrial Relations Court — limited inherent jurisdiction; Representative/class actions — equitable origin, not maintainable in IRC without High Court leave; Pleadings — IRC Form 1 must particularise claims and list applicants; Distinction between retrenchment and redundancy material.
7 August 2014