Article 39/2022

What are the remedies available to a successful applicant in an automatically unfair dismissal or unfair discrimination dispute?

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  • In an automatically unfair dismissal dispute, s194(3) of the LRA is applicable, entailing same to be just and equitable in all circumstances but not more than 24 months’ remuneration
  • In respect of unfair discrimination, s50(2) of the EEA is applicable, entailing same being just and equitable in all circumstances, including compensation and damages

BMW (SA) (Pty) Ltd v NUMSA (2020) 31 SALLR 119 (LAC); ARB Electrical Wholesalers v Hibbert (2015) 26 SALLR 14 (LAC)

Compensation is akin to a non-patrimonial delictual claim and the principles to be taken into account when awarding compensation, as already set out in article 38/2022, are to be taken into account.

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What are the principles of set-off applied by the labour appeal court in North West Provincial Legislature and Another v National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union obo Members (2023) 34 SALLR 351 (LAC), with reference to Schierhout v Union Government …

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The high court, in Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour (Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and Others as amici curiae) (2024) 35 SALLR 134 (GJ), considered the constitutionality of the following sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (BCEA):

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The purpose of this article is to highlight some of the principles underlying the legal position that the admission of trade union members outside such trade union’s scope is ultra vires and invalid.