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Privy Council rules human rights were not breached
Shelliann Bush, who lost her job as an assistant at the Pines Retirement Home during Covid-19, challenged the Attorney General’s initial ruling by taking the case to the highest court, the Privy Council.
It was determined in court that Ms Bush’s inability to advance her claim of unfair dismissal against the Pines did not breach her right to a fair hearing under the Bill of Rights.
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Privy Council rules on retirement home worker’s COVID sacking
The Privy Council has ruled that a legal impediment to a Pines Retirement Home worker challenging her sacking did not breach human rights.
Shelliann Bush lost her job as an assistant day care coordinator during the pandemic after she refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19, which was mandatory at the facility, and after The Pines alleged she attended work while unwell and infected others in the home.
She subsequently took the attorney general of the Cayman Islands to court on the grounds that, under Cayman law, she, as an employee of a charity, was prevented from having her unfair dismissal case heard by the Department of Labour and Pensions.
