Labour Court rejects severance and re-grading claims at Gypsum Industries

The Labour Court rejected two claims brought by the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union against Gypsum Industries: severance pay for a temporary worker and re-grading for a Grade 3 clerical worker. The recommendation was signed on 1 November 1994. The union disputed that the temporary worker had resigned after declining a short period of work. The company said he had voluntarily severed his connection. On re-grading, the union argued that a clerk transferred to invoicing and computer work had taken over duties previously performed by a Grade 4 computer operator; the company said the roles and specialist skills were not similar.