South Africa Case Law

Department of Correctional Services & another and Another v Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) and Others (107/12)

Department of Correctional Services & another and Another v Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) and Others (107/12) [2013] ZASCA 40; (2013) 34 ILJ 1375 (SCA); 2013 (4) SA 176 (SCA); [2013] 7 BLLR 639 (SCA); 2013 (7) BCLR 809 (SCA); [2013] 3 All SA 1 (SCA) (28 March 2013)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

107/12

Judges

Nugent, Maya, Pillay, Plasket, Mbha

The SCA held that dismissing male correctional officers for refusing to cut dreadlocks worn for religious and cultural reasons was automatically unfair discrimination.

• Automatic Unfair Dismissal
• Religious Discrimination
• Cultural Discrimination
• Gender Discrimination
• Labour Relations Act
• Inherent Requirements Exception