Odeke & 5 Ors Vs Ibero (U) Ltd (Civil Appeal No. 0100 of 2011) [2018] UGCA 119 (16 November 2018)

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Labour and Employment Law|Termination and dismissal

Case summary

The court held that as the first appellate court, they are obliged to re appraise the evidence and reach an independent conclusion. That the employee was entitled to dismiss the employees when there was a material breach of the contract like in the instant case where a big machine was lost. That the appellants were given a chance to be heard but didn’t utilize it. Hence the summary dismissal was lawful. That there was no evidence for overtime that necessitated the overtime pay.

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