Netwerk24 reports that 17 judges’ clerks have succeeded with their urgent application in the Labour Court in Johannesburg to get their posts declared full-time.
Last Thursday, the court prevented the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) from holding interviews with candidates or making appointments in the 17 posts located in the Labour Courts and in the Labour Appeal Court. In the past, the OCJ appointed the clerks on a fixed-term basis. Some of the contracts were renewed once and others more than once. In June 2016, the clerks received a questionnaire in which they were asked whether they wished to be appointed on a full-time basis. Following further developments, the OCJ advertised the 17 posts on 6 April and then shortlisted 41 candidates. The clerks then made their application on 23 May on the basis that they had a reasonable expectation of further employment. They also averred that in any case the advertised posts were not vacant because they were full-time employees. Their application was granted. (Loosely translated from Afrikaans)
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