If an employee submits a medical certificate signed off by a clinic sister, can the employer refuse to accept the certificate and withhold the employee’s pay?
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Disciplinary Warnings
Disciplinary action must be procedurally and substantively fair, not only in terms of a disciplinary hearing, but also when disciplinary warnings are issued.
Disciplinary Warnings: A Warning to Employers – Case Law Decisions
The primary objective of disciplinary warnings is to correct unacceptable behaviour of employees.
Loophole employees were using to dodge disciplinary hearings are now closed
Employees due to appear in disciplinary hearings have been exploiting a legal loop that allowed them to walk away without having answered to charges of misconduct. It is an increasingly frequent...
Can an employee be dismissed for falsely accusing another employee of racism?
We have read and heard a lot about racism in the media in recent times. Most, if not all employers have a zero-tolerance approach to racism. When an allegation of racism is reported by an employee,...
When to consider demotions
Demotions, that is the reduction in an employee's job grade (or rank) and status, can be a tricky area for employers. This is because one wrong move could result in an unfair labour practice....
Job seekers duty to reveal skeletons in cupboard
We recently posted an article about what information a job applicant should disclose at a job interview. Reference was made to the case between the Gauteng Department of Education (the...
Disclosure of information – Job Interview
What information should a job applicant (prospective employee) disclose at a job interview? In the case between the Gauteng Department of Education (the GDE) and Mgijima the Labour Court held...
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