Employers are often confused as to when employees are deemed to have deserted the workplace.
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Employee in jail – what now?
How does an employer deal with an employee who is being held in custody and/or is in jail?
What happens if an employee does not come back to work after a holiday or weekend?
If an employee does not come back to work after a holiday or weekend, he cannot just be dismissed. There are legal and fair ways that must be followed to notify him of his absconsion and explain to...
How the CCMA deals with Abscondment
Abscondment is not desertion, neither is it absence without leave (AWOL). Many people use the three terms interchangeably because they do not know that they are actually different forms of...
Desertion – Three Distinctions
What can an employer do when it thinks that one of its employees went on AWOL? Desertion may seem like a fairly straightforward concept to deal with. However, the truth is that many employers get it...
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