Lawyers representing the City of Johannesburg's 130 workers who have been fired say notices given to the employees had several procedural defects.
On February 28, council took a decision to reserve a October 2021 resolution that converted fixed-term contracts of the workers, making them permanent staff members.
Motalane said procedural defects included failure to call for objections before the decision to rescind was taken. "Section 3 requires the city when deciding to take the decisions that adversely affect its employees to adhere to a procedurally fair administrative process which, in the circumstances, required not only adequate notice of the nature and purpose of the proposed administrative action but a reasonable opportunity to make representations.
"The invitation contained in the notice is further irregular and disingenuous as it is clear that the termination of our client's full-time employment was after the unlawful council decision.
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