DISPUTES ABOUT BENEFITS PART 2: DISPUTES OF RIGHT AND DISPUTES OF INTEREST

by | Aug 29, 2013 | 2 comments

In the previous article we discussed recent developments is case law relating to disputes about ‘benefits’. We pointed out that such disputes that would previously have been referred to the Labour Court because it related to remuneration, may now be referred to the CCMA on the basis that the employer has exercised its discretion unfairly. But there is another potential obstacle that needs to be considered – this is the argument that the CCMA does not have the jurisdiction to arbitrate on so-called ‘disputes of interest’.

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