A COURT OF APPEAL judge is warning employers to follow procedures as outlined in the revised Employment Rights Act (ERA) to avoid wrongful termination suits.
It came from Justice of Appeal Sandra Mason yesterday while delivering a landmark judgement where Chefette Restaurants will now have to pay former assistant manager Orlando Harris nearly $100 000, after the Court of Appeal upheld a wrongful termination claim.
The case was the first appeal from any decision of the Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT), set up under the Employment Rights Act which become law in 2013.
Harris, who worked for the fast-food chain for 14 years, had filed a claim with the ERT that he was unfairly dismissed on January 27, 2014, after management found him guilty over failing to follow cash handling procedures in relation to the day-to-day running of the restaurant, and as a result lost confidence in him as an assistant manager. (RA)
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