HOSPERSA obo Naidoo and Others v MEC Department of Health KZN and Others (DA 8/23)
HOSPERSA obo Naidoo and Others v MEC Department of Health KZN and Others (DA 8/23) [2024] ZALAC 69; (2025) 46 ILJ 933 (LAC); [2025] 5 BLLR 445 (LAC) (23 December 2024)
The Labour Appeal Court held that the appellant failed to provide a reasonable explanation for the excessive delay in filing the review application, which is fatal to the condonation application. The Court found that the arbitrator correctly interpreted the collective agreement and the ministerial directive, which required ministerial consultation and approval for salary upgrades in the corporate services environment for posts graded at levels 10 and 12 after 1 August 2012. The posts in question are transversal across government departments, necessitating regulatory oversight to ensure consis…
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- Collective Agreements
- Condonation
- Salary Upgrades
- Public Service Act
- Interpretation Of Collective Agreements