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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) has found that a temporary physical science and mathematics teacher, who was employed in terms of a series of fixed-term contracts that were renewed annually for 10 years, had been dismissed fairly.<\/p>\n

Nisha Binu was employed temporarily from January 2011. Her contract was renewed over the years and the last one was for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.<\/p>\n

The last position she occupied was that of a post-level 1 educator, she said.<\/p>\n

At the time that her contract was terminated, her salary was R25 038 per month.<\/p>\n

Binu lodged a grievance and asked the Limpopo education department to change her employment status to permanent.<\/p>\n

She testified before the council that she had been a permanent residence of South Africa since July 2014 and added that she held a master’s degree in physical science and was registered with the South Africa Council for Educators.<\/p>\n

According to the ELRC’s Masingita Sono, the school and governing body tried several times to have Binu appointed permanently. But the department “always rejected the recommendation”.<\/p>\n

Sono submitted that the continuous renewals “might have created a reasonable expectation on the part of the employee that her contract would be renewed on an indefinite basis or on the same or similar terms as the fixed-term contract after 31 December 2021”.<\/p>\n

“I, therefore, accept the employee’s submission that she expected her contract to be renewed on the basis that it was renewed several times since 1 January 2011,” Sono said.<\/p>\n

However, Sono added that it was “unfortunate” that Binu relied on the school governing body and the principal for a permanent position.<\/p>\n

Sono referenced Section 6B of the Employment of Educators Act, which provides that “the head of [the] department may, after consultation with the governing body of a public school, convert the temporary appointment of an educator appointed to a post on the educator establishment of the public school into a permanent appointment in the post without the recommendation of the governing body”.<\/p>\n

The final contract Binu signed indicated that it was a promotion position.<\/p>\n

However, Sono added, Binu should have interrogated the contract before signing it, saying:<\/p>\n

“The circular from the head of [the] department that was addressed to all principals and all educators communicated the non-renewal of contracts of employment for temporary educators appointed in substantive and substitute (promotion) positions.<\/p>\n

“The circular further provided the reason for the non-renewal as being that the department has advertised the promotion posts on 5 September 2021, and the post will be filled with effect from 1 January 2021. It is clear from the circular that the position that the employee occupied was no longer available. The circular was signed off by the head of [the] department on 8 November 2021, which was a reasonable notice under the circumstances.<\/p>\n

“Despite that, the employee alleged that she only became aware of the circular via the principal during December 2021; it was never submitted when the principal received the notice.”<\/p>\n

Sono found that the reason for the non-renewal of Binu’s fixed-term contract was fair under the circumstances.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. The Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) has found that a temporary physical science and mathematics teacher, who was employed in terms of a series of fixed-term contracts that were renewed annually for 10 years, had been dismissed fairly. Nisha Binu was employed temporarily from January 2011. 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