NSFAS accountant fights dismissal after sending private work emails to her Gmail
The Labour Court in Cape Town has overturned a CCMA ruling that favored a dismissed NSFAS accountant who had forwarded confidential work emails to her personal Gmail account. The court found that the original commissioner misdirected himself, and the case will be reheard.
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Ask AI 3 min Labour Court overturns CCMA award ruling in favour of dismissed NSFAS employee.
The Labour Court in Cape Town has set aside an award that found the dismissal of former National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) accountant to be substantively unfair, ruling that the commissioner misdirected himself in assessing the misconduct and appropriate sanction.
Acting Judge C de Kock sent back the dispute to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to be reheard before a different commissioner.
The case arose after NSFAS dismissed Zenobia Abrahams in September 2023 following disciplinary proceedings into allegations that she repeatedly forwarded confidential work emails from her NSFAS account to her personal Gmail account .
According to the judgment, Abrahams had been employed by the financial aid since November 2006.
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