Labour Court Orders Shoprite Checkers To Pay Former Clerk R25 000 Damages For Slap On Backside.

Former Shoprite Checkers clerk was slapped on the backside by her then manager.

Labour Court ordered the retail giant to pay her R25 000 in damages.

Shoprite Checkers appealed the findings of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and was partly successful in the appeal.

The court halved the damages awarded to the woman, only identified as JL in the judgment.

The CCMA awarded her R50 000, but Judge Robert Lagrange on Friday ordered that R25 000 was fair.

The payment is in terms of the Employment Equity Act.