Supreme Court ruling opens direct Labour Court route for dismissed workers

The Supreme Court has ruled that workers dismissed under registered employment codes can appeal directly to the Labour Court without first going through a labour officer, settling a legal dispute triggered by the dismissal of a Delta Beverages machine operator for working under the influence of alcohol.The landmark ruling dismissed an appeal by Delta Beverages (Private) Limited, which had argued that former employee Mufaro Muchetu was required to exhaust a statutory remedy by first approaching a labour officer before taking his dismissal dispute to the Labour Court.