Pure Beverages Company Executive Officers Association v. Commissioner of Labour – sllr 2001 volume 2 page 258

In the case between Pure Beverages Company Executive Officers Association (representing executives of Pure Beverages Company Limited) and the Commissioner of Labour and Pure Beverages Company Limited, the central issue involved the legality of the Commissioner’s decision to terminate the employment of selected executives. The court held that the specific portion of the administrative decision which sanctioned the termination of four executive workmen was made in violation of the principles of natural justice, particularly the requirements of adequate notice and opportunity to be heard. This reaffirmed the principle that administrative actions affecting employment must comply with statutory and natural justice standards. The decision relied on Section 17 of the Termination of Employment of