SCSLD 431/2/798/2010

This case involved a request by an employee to be reappointed to a specific post. There was an appendix to the employment contract in which the employee had agreed their job title would change. The actual roles were not substantially different so the case was rejected.

Background

An employee filed a case against an employer and requested the elementary authority for the settlement of labour disputes to order the employer to reappoint him as an executive manager.

The elementary authority ruled that the employer should reappoint the employee as an executive manager.

The employer appealed the ruling before the High Authority for the Settlement of Labour Disputes.

Decision

The high authority stated the case documents had revealed that the employee had signed an appendix to the contract in which he agreed to amend the name of position to “Consultant Doctor”. The high authority stated that the current position the employee held was not substantially different from the one he had agreed upon.

The high authority abandoned the appealed ruling and rejected the case.