Staff Writer
The labour commissioner’s office has dismissed an unfair labour practice case lodged by former IPC councillor Desiree Davids against the party.
A ruling made on Thursday said that there was no employee/employer relationship between Davids and the IPC.
The party withdrew Davids from the City of Windhoek in September last year.
Davids then resigned from the party after that.
She was withdrawn following revelations that she had applied for a plot in Rocky Crest a month after being sworn in as a councillor.
The party instituted 11 charges against Davids.
In October last year, Davids lodged a case of unfair labour practice against the IPC.
The labour commissioner Nicolas Mouers met an IPC representative and Davids and requested written submissions.
Mouers asked Davids to provide her submission by 21 December 2021 and the IPC to do so by 4 January 2022.
However, Davids failed to make any submissions while IPC did so.
Mouers said Davids did not explain why she failed to submit her arguments in writing.
IPC, however, argued that there was no employer-employee relationship between Davids and the party.
In his ruling, Mouers said the labour commissioner’s office has no jurisdiction to hear the matter since no employee/employer relationship exists.
“As mentioned, there was no response submitted by the applicant regarding the preliminary issue raised by the respondent. Therefore only the respondent’s arguments will be considered,” Mouers said in his ruling dated 16 March 2022.
