South Africa Case Law

Nampak Corrugated Containers (Pietermaritzburg) v Patel (339/89)

Nampak Corrugated Containers (Pietermaritzburg) v Patel (339/89) [1990] ZASCA 151; 1991 (1) SA 799 (AD); (29 November 1990)

Court

Supreme Court of Appeal

Case number

339/89

Judges

Van Heerden, Nestadt, Steyn, F H Grosskopf, Goldstone

The court held that leave could not validly run concurrently with notice of termination, and the employer failed to prove an exemption for an annual shutdown.

• Annual Leave Entitlement
• Basic Conditions Of Employment Act
• Leave During Notice Period
• Statutory Exemption Interpretation
• Annual-leave
• Notice-of-termination