This is an application for condonation for late filing of a Notice of Response.
The Applicant was served with a Notice of Appeal on 21st May 2013. In the Notice of Appeal, the Respondent is challenging the decision of the Applicant company’s Appeals Officer, who confirmed Respondent’s dismissal from Applicant’s employment for misconduct. More
This is an application by the Applicant Company for interim relief in terms of Rule 34 of the Labour Court Rules. It is seeking the stay of the arbitral award which was made in favour of the Respondent employee and which it has now appealed against in the Labour Court. More
The brief background of this matter is that Respondent was employed by Appellant as a Kitchen Poter in October 2006. He rose through the ranks to become a Commis Cook at the time of his dismissal. In November 2008 the Respondent received a letter of suspension alleging that he had breached;
“Theft- Gross
Unlawful and intentionally appropriating property belonging to the company or in possession of the employer, other employee’s or guests with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.” More
When this matter came up for hearing, the respondent’s legal practitioner argued that the record was not a true reflection of what had transpired during the hearing. More