This is an appeal from a determination by the Respondent’s Disciplinary Committee in disciplinary proceedings that had been convened against the Appellant. The disciplinary proceedings were convened in terms of provisions under the Public Service Regulations, Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000 as amended. The operative part of the order reads as follows More
The Applicant was employed by the respondent as the Sales and Marketing Manager. He
referred a complaint of unfair labour practice to the Labour Officer. Upon failure to conciliate the matter was referred to compulsory arbitration in terms of Section 93 of the Act. The Arbitrator found that Applicant had been unfairly dismissed. He awarded Applicant amongst other things 30% of his salary as bonus. The respondent was aggrieved and appealed to this court against the arbitral award. The respondent had initially raised three grounds of appeal. The Applicant raised a preliminary point that the respondent’s grounds of appeal were... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s Appeals Officer that was delivered on 31 October 2014. The Appeals Officer upheld the decision of the hearing committee to dismiss the appellant for the alleged misconduct.
The brief history of the matter is that
- Appellant was employed by the respondent as an auto electrician with effect from 1 April 2012.
- On 26 September 2014 he was charged for an act of misconduct in terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Motor Industry Code of Conduct for “any act or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of the... More
