Gaming Board Appeals ‘24 Redundant’ Verdict

The Gaming Board is arguing that a Supreme Court judgment makes a key part of the Employment Act irrelevant as it appeals against the reinstatement of 24 dismissed line workers and managerial staff.

The regulator, in a May 7, 2020, filing of its “notice of appeal” against Justice Indra Charles’ ruling, alleges that her “very broad construction of” the Employment Act’s redundancy provisions means the same law’s section 29 – which deals with termination with notice – serves no purpose as such dismissals can also be deemed “termination for redundancy”.

To pursue its appeal, the Gaming Board has hired John Wilson K.C., senior partner at McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes, rather than use the Attorney General’s Office that represented it before the Supreme Court.

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