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Simmers’ conduct constituted ‘sexual at-tention’ and was crude and inappropriate; but inappropriate conduct does not auto-matically constitute sexual harassment. Simmers’ conduct could only have become sexual harassment if he had persisted in it or if it was a single serious transgression.
“The commissioner at the CCMA found that Mr. Simmers’ conduct constituted sexual harassment as the verbal sexual advances made to Ms. Markides were unwelcome and related to the workplace. The CCMA also found that Mr. Simmers had acted in an unprofessional manner in making remarks to Ms. Markides about Mr. Le Roux behind his back which could
The appellant claimed to have joint ownership of the copyright in 157 works listed in an annexure to the summons. With four exceptions1 the works listed (being music and lyrics for so-called 'pop songs') are works in which the late Ms Fassie collaborated with others to compose them.
2 gru 2015 · During the middle of 2014, the case of Simmers v Campbell Scientific Africa (Pty) Ltd made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The Labour Court had previously found that the employee, Simmers, had not sexually harassed a female employee of another employer but was simply ‘trying his luck’.
Meanwhile, in Campbell Scientific Africa (Pty) Ltd v Simmers,18 Mr Simmers, a 48-year-old installation manager employed by the appellant was dismissed following a disciplinary hearing for unprofessional conduct and sexual harassment. According to the evidence led, Mr Simmers said to
In the recent case of Campbell Scientific Africa (Pty) Ltd v Simmers, the Labour Appeal Court considered the type of conduct that constitutes sexual harassment.
30 mar 2016 · It is the October 2015 decision of the Labour Appeal Court in this case, being Campbell Scientific Africa (Pty) Ltd v Adrian Simmers and Others (as yet unreported, 23 October 2015), that I want to focus upon in this article.
