Must an employer hand over evidence before a disciplinary hearing?
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Seven rules for considering hearsay evidence in a disciplinary enquiry
By general definition, 'hearsay' is understood as being information that cannot really be proven. It is often heard by someone else and so can easily amount to nothing more than rumours. For...
Questioning witnesses during arbitration hearings
Arbitration hearings occur at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) or the appropriate Bargaining Council (BC). This happens when a dismissed employee, after an internal...
Hearsay Evidence
Evidence in a disciplinary hearing, at the CCMA or the Labour Court is important. Evidence is necessary to proof a case. Witnesses are therefore critical and their evidence must be reliable. Hearsay...
Rules of Evidence
What are the basic rules of evidence when an employer has a case at the CCMA? When an employer presents a case of a disciplinary hearing at the CCMA, the employer representative needs to know the...
Witnesses at Disciplinary Hearings
The focus of this article is about witnesses at internal disciplinary hearings conducted by employers and not witnesses at CCMA or Bargaining Council hearings. At internal disciplinary hearings the...
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