Mon May 21 18:51:03 SAST 2012
Mon May 21 18:51:03 SAST 2012

Sex change woman must get her job back

Aug 13, 2010 | Sapa | 17 comments

Christine Ehlers, a man who became a woman, must be reinstated to the job that she claimed she was unfairly dismissed from, the Labour Court in Johannesburg has ruled.

Sales assistant Christine Ehlers was fired after she changed her gender. The company has now been ordered to apologise to her and give her back her job.

Judge Ellen Francis ruled that Ehlers must be restored to the same position she had at the time of her dismissal.

However, she dismissed Ehlers' claims for damages.

The court ruled that her employers will also be required to apologise to her within one week.

The company is also required to prevent discrimination against Ehlers and other people in the workplace.

 

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Mon May 21 18:51:04 SAST 2012 ::
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Aug 13, 2010

Newsdoco11

The government is sick this is taboo.STOP the company hired a man not a slut.
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Aug 13, 2010

AndyC

oh shut up NEWSDOCO11 your comment is soooo sexist it makes me wanna vomit ... who the hell gave you the right to judge, and i am sure the reason why you are so mean is because you have a small p!enus and wish you could be changed to a woman but cannot afford it ...get a life moron

good for her its about time the courts make these company stop discriminating again their employees ...go and kick butt my sister!!!
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Aug 13, 2010

DRU


AndC,ppl like u are changing our country into hell-zone,shame on u,She was born " a Man" for god sake,sieeeeeeeees.Is me who wanna puke on you le stabane sa gago.
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Aug 13, 2010

1malesia

@Newsdoco11 - was that necessary?
Pro or anti gay it doesn't matter. Let us respect each other's choices. This is an old topic for heaven's sake. Gays have rights, deal with it. Only God will judge.
Good for SHIM for winning this battle!
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Aug 13, 2010

Sompisi

@Newsdoco11 - Hey U freak!! this is uncalled for, wake-up U moron!! SHIM got RIGHTS too, Nxa sies
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Aug 13, 2010

Strowza

A person will only defend something if he/she has an interest in it. What's your interests in this bloody Christinah boy Rre/Mme Sompisi? South Africa is running short of men and he has the decency to go for surgery without asking us whether we need a donation of his "Sjambok" or not. O tletse m*sepa mosimane o.
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Aug 13, 2010

kido

what did he/she wrote on the cv before he became she or she became he? its confusing. the company hires a he then tomorrow she is a he, the following week he is a she.nna ha ke tsebe. the judge must have been really sober when ruling this case coz surely if he had green tea he would have been confused as i am
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Aug 13, 2010

Nacho

God created Adan and Eve (man and woman) so don't come here with ur stories people.Yes this person must b re-employed because that desmisal is totally abnomal.
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Aug 13, 2010

Bilatyi

GPY... @NEWSDOCO11, You are cracking me up.
Was that the only reason he or she was fired? there must be something else...
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Aug 13, 2010

Sompisi

@Strowza - S.A is not running short of man, UR kind stay at Bar till the wee hours 24/7.

@Kido - He/She/It - it don matter, Rights are Rights finished and Klaar.
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