Court rejects ex- teacher’s bid to return to work

Justice Ranier Busang dismissed the bid by Cassius Tamaki, finding that he failed to establish either that the decision to retire him was unlawful or that government had violated any legitimate expectation by refusing to keep him in employment until the age of 65.

The ruling also reinforces government’s position that public officers who move from the teaching cadre into non-teaching positions become subject to the retirement conditions applicable to their new posts. ‘The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds’.- Abraham LincolnUntil then, the Council’s operations remain suspended, delaying critical decisions affecting thousands of public sector employees.The current standoff is between the Manual Workers Union on one side and the Six Cooperating Trade Unions, namely BONU, BOPEU, BTU, BDU, BOSETU and…