The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Riah Phiyega, welcomed the Labour Court’s judgement, which dismissed with cost an urgent application by Solidarity that it be consulted when the SAPS adopts a new equity plan.
The Labour Court in Johannesburg has confirmed what the SAPS has always argued – that we are not obliged to consult the likes of Solidarity on equity. The preparatory process for the adoption of the Employment Equity Plan of the SAPS is due to commence on 1 January 2015.
“If anything, the move by Solidarity to rush to the courts was a total waste of time and energy. Contrary to what they argued, theirs was never an urgent matter in the first place and, as we have opposed this application, the process for the adoption of employment equity was ours alone,” said General Phiyega.
The labour union rushed to court after it alleged that the National Commissioner had not responded to its request in this regard.
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