Ster-Kinekor dismissed as Labour Court orders reinstatement of employee fired for eating popcorn
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The Labour Court ruled that Ster-Kinekor unfairly dismissed an employee named Yvonne Mogano. This decision upholds a previous finding by the CCMA. The court stated the company failed to prove that tasting popcorn violated a known workplace rule. As a result, the court ordered the employee to be reinstated.
The Labour Court has upheld a CCMA finding that Ster-Kinekor unfairly dismissed employee Yvonne Mogano after failing to prove that tasting popcorn breached a known workplace rule.