Dealing With a Fraudulent Sick Certificate

Dealing With a Fraudulent Sick Certificate

Increasingly, employees are submitting suspicious medical certificates, and a recent Labour Appeal Court judgment is not reassuring. The case in point is Woolworths (Pty) Ltd v Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration and Others (JA90/22) [2024] ZALAC 29...
Understanding Bumping Rights in the Workplace

Understanding Bumping Rights in the Workplace

The concept of bumping in the context of retrenchments is critical for determining the fairness of the selection criteria used by employers when dismissing employees. The jurisprudence on this matter, particularly as discussed in cases such as Chemical Workers...
To Declare or Not: Previous Criminal Convictions

To Declare or Not: Previous Criminal Convictions

The discloser or non-disclosure of previous criminal records was mentioned but not ruled on in Moropene v Competition Commission of South Africa and Others (JA129/2022) [2024] ZALAC 14 (26 April 2024).  In this matter the Employee was dismissed, without a disciplinary...