Media Release
06th September 2010
POPCRU has interdicted DSC
POPCRU has applied for a Labour Court interdict in relation to a matter of
Shift
System involving the Department of Correctional Services, in which employees
are
required to work 10 hours[including 1 Hour lunch break],for 10 consecutive
days,
after which the employees are granted 4 days off at the Empangeni Management
Area, Kwazulu-Natal.
The employer is amongst others ordered on the following terms;
* Interdicted and restrained to implement a shift system in terms of
which
employees are required to work 10 hours shifts[including 1 hour lunch
break],for
10 consecutive days, after which the employees are granted 4 days off;
* Ordered that the relief granted as an interim interdict pending the
resolution of the dispute at the General Public SERVICE Sectoral Bargaining
Council; and
* Ordered that the employer as the Respondent to pay the costs of the
application
The purpose of the application is to obtain an interdict against the department
to restrain it from implementing a new shift system in conflict with the
provisions of Section 9,10 and 15 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act,75
of 1997,pending the outcome of a dispute that has been referred to the GPSSBC.
The matter will be heard at the Labour Court on the 07th September 2010 at
10H00
in Braamfontein.
For more information contact
POPCRU General Secretary-Cde Nkosinathi Theledi 0825677803
Issued by:
Norman Mampane
National Spokesperson
Tel: 0112424600/4615
Cell: 0720737959
Fax: 0866253054
Email: [email protected]
01 Marie Road
Auckland Park
2006
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