Proceedings continue in the High Court with advocate Jean Marais representing the respondents refuting the notion that the President exceeded his constitutional power in suspending the Labour Act. Employers took Government to court to challenge the state of emergency regulations that prevent them from retrenching workers during this period. He argues that there's a reasonable connection between the measures taken by the president to mitigate the spread of the virus. He says if the court rule in favour of the applicants it will render the constitutional power of the president useless. The rights interfered with by the suspension of the Labour Act does not fall under the basic human rights and therefore can't be said that the president acted irrationally. Although the suspended labour law provides for employers to reduce their workers due to economic difficulties, some employers took advantage of the COVID-19 lockdown to retrench their employees. Marais insist that the applicants' arguments and application are neither here nor there and mere academic and should fail.