Nsele v SA National Parks and Another (JS283-17) [2021] ZALCJHB 90 (2 June 2021)
Court
Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number
JS283-17
Judge
F Coetzee
The Labour Court held that it had jurisdiction over the pleaded contractual wage dispute and dismissed the jurisdictional point in limine, with no costs order.
PSA obo Sehloho and Others v NCEDA (C63/15) [2017] ZALCCT 19 (4 May 2017)
Court
Labour Court Cape Town
Case number
C63/15
Judge
Steenkamp
The court found that the applicants' contracts of employment, as read with Annexure A, entitled them to the listed benefits—medical aid assistance, housing allowance, pension contributions, and a service bonus—payable in addition to their salaries. The employer's argument that these benefits were included in a 'total cost to company' package was not supported by the contract wording or by any evidence that the employees were informed of such an arrangement. The court further held that the dispute was properly reinstated and before the court, as withdrawal does not bar subsequent proceedings.…
CBI Electric: African Cables A Division of ATC (Pty) Ltd v National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa and Others (J818/14) [2014] ZALCJHB 132 (4 April 2014)
Court
Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number
J818/14
Judge
Van Niekerk
The Labour Court dismissed an urgent application to stop a strike over a housing allowance, holding that the collective agreement did not bar a strike on that issue.
Balfour/Siyathemba Transitional Local Authority v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Another (J937/97, J1284/97) [1998] ZALC 21 (4 June 1998)
Court
Labour Court
Case number
J937/97, J1284/97
Judge
Mlambo
The Labour Court reviewed and set aside a CCMA award granting a housing allowance, holding the employee did not qualify under the collective agreement.