Nenegate whistle-blower in CCMA contempt over affidavit
The case has been placed on ice following a ruling that whistle-blower's lack of compliance with a subpoena rendered her in contempt of the CCMA
The former Trillian employee dubbed the Nenegate whistle-blower has been dealt a blow by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) when it declared her in contempt of the commission for failing to provide her erstwhile employer with a copy of the affidavit she deposed to the public protector as part of the state capture investigation. Business Day has also learnt that the woman tried, via her attorneys, to strike a R2.3m settlement deal with Trillian, the conditions of which included ceasing all litigation the two sides are involved in. The woman, who on Sunday asked that her identity not be revealed, is locked in a constructive dismissal dispute with Trillian at the CCMA. But her case has been placed on ice following a ruling by the commissioner handling the arbitration that her lack of compliance with a subpoena compelling her to give her former employer the affidavit for cross-examination purposes rendered her in contempt of the CCMA. The matter has now be...
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