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Labour Law [2014] ZALCJHB 232

IMATU v Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (J1522/14)

IMATU v Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (J1522/14) [2014] ZALCJHB 232 (30 June 2014)

The Labour Court struck an urgent application to interdict a lock-out, finding the matter lacked urgency and that the applicants delayed unreasonably.

  • Unprotected Strike
  • Lock Out
  • Urgency In Labour Court
  • Shift System
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Costs Order
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Labour Law [2013] ZALCJHB 342

IMATU obo Members v Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (J1522/14)

IMATU obo Members v Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (J1522/14) [2013] ZALCJHB 342 (30 June 2013)

The court found that the applicants failed to act with the required haste and their urgency was self-created. The timeline of events showed that the applicants delayed unreasonably after the lock-out and after receiving clear indications from the employer that the new shift system would be implemented. The court held that the applicants did not have a contractual or vested right to the previous shift system, and their refusal to work in accordance with the new system constituted unprotected industrial action. The application was ill-conceived and amounted to an abuse of the court process. Acc…

  • Lock Out
  • Urgent Interdict
  • Industrial Action
  • Shift System
  • Unprotected Strike
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Labour Law [2012] ZALCJHB 189

IMATU v Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (J1522/14)

IMATU v Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (J1522/14) [2012] ZALCJHB 189 (30 June 2012)

The Labour Court struck an urgent interdict application off the roll for lack of urgency and ordered IMATU’s members to pay costs.

  • Lock Out
  • Urgent Interdict
  • Shift System
  • Unprotected Strike
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Costs Order
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