2 separate cases are used to illustrate this point:
The court set aside the CCMA commissioner’s award and held that the employee’s dismissal was substantively fair.
This case emphasises the obligation placed on employees to always abide by Covid-19 health and safety protocols in the workplace, as the failure to do so may result in termination of their employment.
She was awarded nine months of her salary, after the CCMA found that the woman’s dismissal was both substantively and procedurally unfair.
Employers are urged to take care of their employees during this time and called on all South Africans to act in the interest of the nation and not in their own selfish interests.
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