Times Live reports that 54-year-old Virgil Rabie is suing Eskom for loss of earnings, pain and suffering and legal fees following his dismissal in 2011. Rabie was the chief information officer at Eskom at the time.
Rabie launched his lawsuit in September but Eskom was able to have his claim set aside for not disclosing a cause of action in October. The Johannesburg High Court though has now given Rabie a chance to amend his claim.
According to Labour Court documents, Rabie was dimissed for misconduct for failing to disclose his interests in terms of his employers' policy. Rabie though says that Eskom fired him after accusing him of failing to disclose that he knew an IT contractor who was hired on Rabie's recommendation. Rabie says that the contractor was already working for Eskom when he was hired.
Rabie was granted a R750 000 settlement with Eskom after he approached the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration but now wants the settlement cancelled after new information came to light.
The former chief information officer says that Eskom relied on a short report from professional services firm EY during his disciplinary hearing but that a longer version of that report clears him of any wrongdoing. The report also allegedly found that others had also transgressed but had not been fired. Rabie has thus accused Eskom and EY of colluding to keep the full report under wraps.
Eskom last week denied Rabie's claims.
"All investigations... vindicated Eskom and its executives, finding there was no basis whatsoever to Mr Rabie’s allegations," Times Live quoted Eskom as saying.
Rabie though is stickig to his guns and wants R96m for loss of earnings for 15 years, R1m for pain and suffering and R3m for legal fees.
"I will never settle, no matter what they put on the table," Rabie said.
Primedia Online.
Culled from Yahoo News.
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