A sexual harassment apology was deemed inadequate by the Labour Court.
An apology for sexual harassment is simply not enough, the Labour Court said in confirming the dismissal of a Correctional Services employee.
The applicant, only identified as S Louw, turned to the Gqeberha Labour Court in a bid to be reinstated as he felt he had paid his dues by apologising for what he had done.
The applicant was employed by Correctional Services as an officer at its De Aar Correctional Centre in the Northern Cape Province. He was dismissed following a complaint of sexual harassment lodged by a fellow employee, who was also a correctional officer in the facility's female section.
Following what he deemed his unfair dismissal, Louw took the matter to arbitration, where he lost his case.
