Open AccessTHE APPLICATION OF LABOUR LAW TO RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Author(s) -
Devon-Lee Andriés
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pretoria student law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-0280
DOI - 10.29053/pslr.v10i.1964
Subject(s) - labour law , position (finance) , law , political science , sociology , economics , finance
This article falls upon the backdrop of a highly debated and controversial area of the law. In 2009 a homosexual minister was dismissed from her position at a Methodist church upon announcement of her impending marriage to her female partner.1 This opened up the pertinent question of whether such a person constitutes an employee for purposes of labour law, which is what this article seeks to address.