A dispute over the quality of a uniform lead to a labour court ruling in favour of fired cleaner.
A remark made by a cleaner working for a cleaning company that the employer had issued her with “cheap pants” as part of her uniform formed the subject of a labour court hearing after the company wanted her to be fired.
Falcon Cleaning fired the woman, only identified as A Tobi, but she was reinstated following an arbitration award in her favour.
Aggrieved by this finding, Falcon Cleaning turned to the Gqeberha Labour Court to have this ruling overturned.
Tobi was employed by the company as a cleaner from March 2020 until her dismissal in August the following year. During her employment, she rendered cleaning services at Williams Hunt, the company’s client.
