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Spur Tree Spices Jamaica Limited v The Minister of Labour and Social Security
Case Number:
2016HCV04301
Presiding Judge:
Neutral Citation:
[2018] JMSC Civ 103
Date of Delivery:
17.07.2018
Accusation of theft –Summary dismissal of employees – Failure to comply with the
Labour Relations Code – Offer of reinstatement – Meaning of reinstatement in fact
and law – Disciplinary hearings on same facts which triggered improper dismissals
– Propriety of condition subsequent to reinstatement – Definition of industrial
dispute – Whether there was an extant industrial dispute at time of Minister’s
referral – Need for second complaint after second dismissal – Minister’s referral
ultra vires s. 11A Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act