Johnathan Paoli
The Labour Court on Saturday upheld the Tshwane municipality’s recent decision to withhold the salaries of over 300 striking employees.
The court found that the principle of “no work, no pay” entitles an employer to withhold payment of remuneration to its employees where no services are rendered during an unprotected strike.
The Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union had previously applied for a contempt of court order against two senior managers in the group human’s capital management department, including the city manager, for not paying August salaries to its members.
Tshwane municipality spokesperson Selby Bokaba said at the end of July, the Labour Court granted the City of Tshwane an urgent interim interdict against its striking employees and declared the strike unlawful and unprotected with the court subsequently making the interim order permanent last week.
Imatu Tshwane manager Lynette Burns-Coetzee said that the city had withheld the salaries
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