Ex-rugby employee loses unfair dismissal case
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Industrial Court judge, Harold Ruhukya, in his judgement, dismissed the case this week and ordered BRU to pay Basitang P2,363.66 in respect of the balance of leave days owed to him. Ruhukya said the letter of termination was acceptable. He said Basitang could not succeed in claiming compensation for unfair dismissal.
“There was nothing unfair about what happened,” Ruhukya said. In his argument, Basitang had informed the court that he was nominated to contest for an executive committee position in the BRU, while at the same time already holding the position of development manager.
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