Nogcantsi v Mnquma Local Municipality and Others (PA07/15)
Nogcantsi v Mnquma Local Municipality and Others (PA07/15) [2016] ZALAC 54; (2017) 38 ILJ 595 (LAC); [2017] 4 BLLR 358 (LAC) (22 November 2016)
The court held that the appellant's employment was terminated by operation of the automatic termination clause in his contract, which was triggered by an objectively negative vetting outcome provided by the SAPS. This termination was not the result of any deliberate act or decision by the employer aimed at ending the employment relationship, but rather the fulfilment of a contractual condition to which the appellant had freely agreed. The clause did not deprive the appellant of rights under the LRA, nor did it constitute an impermissible attempt to contract out of statutory protections agains…
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- Automatic Termination Clause
- Dismissal Definition
- Vetting And Screening
- Section 192 Lra
- Contractual Conditions
- Unfair Dismissal