STO ordered to reinstate unfairly dismissed manager
The State Trading Organisation dismissed Ashraf Ali, then-general manager of the administrative department, on December 4, 2013 after the company’s board decided to dissolve his department and merge it with the human resources department.
19 May 2016, 9:00 AM
The civil court has ordered the state-owned wholesale trader to reinstate a former manager and compensate the unlawfully sacked employee for lost pay, amounting to MVR1.4million (US$90,921).
The State Trading Organisation dismissed Ashraf Ali, then-general manager of the administrative department, on December 4, 2013 after the company’s board decided to dissolve his department and merge it with the human resources department.
Ashraf’s lawyer Ibrahim Riffath told The Maldives Independent that the civil court had overturned an Employment Tribunal ruling in favour of STO.
The civil court ruled on May 8 that Ashraf was deprived of legal protection and basic rights assured by the constitution, the Employment Act, and the International Labour Organisation’s Termination of Employment Convention 1982.
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