(Mauritius) Dr Seetohul was employed as an Education Officer by Omni Projects Ltd. He brought a claim against the defendants in the Industrial Court, alleging that he had been unlawfully dismissed. He claimed three months’ remuneration (about 49000 rupees), coupled with severance allowance at the punitive rate of six times the norm which is prescribed in certain circumstances by statute (about 470,000 rupees). He succeeded before the Industrial Court, but failed in the Supreme Court, which allowed the defendants’ appeal and reversed the first instance decision. The plaintiff appeals further to the Board.
Lady Hale, Lord Wilson, Lord Hughes
[2015] UKPC 5
Bailii
Commonwealth, Employment
Updated: 27 December 2021; Ref: scu.542234