ConCourt dismisses job cuts appeal

THE Constitutional Court (Con-Court) has dismissed an application by two Zuva Petroleum managers who lodged an urgent appeal against a recent Supreme Court judgment granting employers the right to terminate their employees’
contracts on notice.

In her ruling last Friday, ConCourt judge Justice Vernanda Ziyambi said the appellants had not raised any constitutional issues in the Supreme Court and as such, the ruling was above board and could not be interfered with.

“Since no constitutional issue was determined by the Supreme Court, no appeal can lie against its decision.

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