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Dismissal of Muganga Eugénie while she was imprisoned and unable to inform her employer until release constitutes unlawful dismissal; employer's continued treatment of absence as misconduct after notification violates labour law.
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Muganga Eugénie’s absence was due to lawful detention, and she notified her employer upon release. The employer’s continued treatment of her absence as job desertion and subsequent dismissal was unlawful. The law and Supreme Court precedent require suspension, not termination, in such circumstances. Damages for unlawful dismissal are warranted; claims for annual leave and work certificate are inadmissible as they were not raised in prior proceedings.
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The High Court held that suspension beyond 90 days is treated as termination with severance, not unlawful dismissal, and partly revised the lower court’s awards.
The Supreme Court partly allowed Karangwa John’s review application, awarding unpaid salary for pre-trial detention, work-certificate compensation, and costs.
The Supreme Court held that BK unlawfully suspended Habimana after his provisional release and awarded only salary for the unlawful suspension period.
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