Dismissal for violation of picketing rules

By Ubuntu Resource Management | October 20, 2025

In Shave and Gibson Packaging (Pty) Ltd v African Meat Industry and Allied Trade Union [2025] 8 BLLR 819 (LAC), 126 protected strikers were dismissed for insubordination after picketing outside the demarcated area during a violent strike. The employer had obtained an order interdicting the strikers from harassing and intimidating non-striking workers and from obstructing…

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Dismissal – Offensive behaviour

By Ubuntu Resource Management | March 19, 2025

The case of  TEMPEST CAR HIRE V LEBYANE  JR50/22 [2024] (ZALCJHB) 1 AUGUST 2024 involved the dismissal of the employee following an incident where she made an inappropriate comment towards a colleague, Ms. Tasha Moodley.  The dismissal was initially ruled unfair by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration (CCMA), but the employer sought a review under…

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