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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:01:25Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:01:25Z
dc.date.created 2003-11-11 en
dc.identifier.citation [2002] ZACC 27
dc.identifier.citation 2003 (2) BCLR 154 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2003 (3) SA 1 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2148
dc.title National Education Health and Allied Workers Union v University of Cape Town and Others en
dc.title.alternative CCT2/02 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT2/02 en
dc.date.hearing 17 September 2002
dc.contributor.judge Ngcobo J
dc.date.judgment 6 December 2002
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2148/Full%20judgment%20%28412%20Kb%29-17516.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Appeal from theLabour Appeal Court (LAC), interpreting s 197 of the Labour Relations Act. Ngcobo J for a unanimous court found that when a statute gives effect to a constitutional right, then the interpretation of that statute raises a constitutional issue. It further found that appeals from the LAC firstly lie with the Supreme Court of Appeal, but in certain circumstances may be heard directly by this Court. It stressed that this Court will be hesitant to hear appeals from the LAC unless they raise issues of principle. The decision found that the primary purpose of s 197 is to protect workers from the loss of employment in the event of a transfer. It further found that upon the transfer of a business, the workers automatically are transferred to the new owner without a prior agreement.
dc.concourt.casehistory Application for leave to appeal from a decision of the Labour Appeal Court: (2002) 23 ILJ 306 (LAC) ; 2002 (4) BLLR 311 (LAC) and against the judgment of the Labour Court: 2000 21 ILJ 1618 (LC) ; 2000 (7) BLLR 803 (LC).


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