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September 2014
Henderson v Paladin (Africa) Limited (IRC MATTER 26 of 2013) [2014] MWIRC 2 (9 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
Kamwanje & Banda (Representing 118 others) v Paladin (Africa) Limited (IRC MATTER 35 of 2014) [2014] MWIRC 1 (7 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