Employment Resources

Feb 8, 2024

SOUTH AFRICA'S NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE - EFFECTIVE 1 MARCH 2024

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) in South Africa is set to increase by 8.5% from 1 March 2024, following the announcement by the Minister...

HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORANEOUS INCONSISTENCY IN DISCIPLINARY MATTERS

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Nov 27, 2023

HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORANEOUS INCONSISTENCY IN DISCIPLINARY MATTERS

“Inconsistency is often either historical or contemporaneous. “Historical inconsistency” is where a company has had a number of employees...

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Nov 20, 2023

CONSISTENCY IN DISCIPLINARY MATTERS

The Code of Good Practice – Dismissal (item 3(6) specific) provides that an employer should apply the penalty of dismissal consistently...

BALANCE OF PROBABILITY - DECIDING GUILT OR INNOCENCE

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Nov 13, 2023

BALANCE OF PROBABILITY - DECIDING GUILT OR INNOCENCE

The “balance of probability” may be best described as a method of determining the guilt or innocence of an employee who is charged with...

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Nov 6, 2023

MISCONDUCT - ABUSE OF SICK LEAVE

Very often, when the absence occurs, it is always on the same day. Typically, the absence would be on a Friday, a Monday, or the day...

MISCONDUCT - UNAUTHORISED ABSENTEEISM FROM THE WORKPLACE (ABSCONDMENT)

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Oct 30, 2023

MISCONDUCT - UNAUTHORISED ABSENTEEISM FROM THE WORKPLACE (ABSCONDMENT)

This type of offence is very frequent and common. It is a serious offence, because it represents a breach of contract and costs the...

MISCONDUCT - UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF, OR HAVING CONSUMED, ALCOHOL, LIQUOR OR DRUGS

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Oct 23, 2023

MISCONDUCT - UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF, OR HAVING CONSUMED, ALCOHOL, LIQUOR OR DRUGS

An employer is prohibited from allowing, in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), any person who has consumed, or who...

NAVIGATING THE GEN Z WORKFORCE - CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

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Oct 18, 2023

NAVIGATING THE GEN Z WORKFORCE - CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

By 2025, the World Economic Forum predicts that Generation Z (Gen Z) will comprise a significant one-third of the workforce. This shift...

MISCONDUCT - UNAUTHORISED POSSESSION OF COMPANY PROPERTY OR THEFT (MISAPPROPRIATION)

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Oct 16, 2023

MISCONDUCT - UNAUTHORISED POSSESSION OF COMPANY PROPERTY OR THEFT (MISAPPROPRIATION)

Often, when the employer cannot prove the intention to permanently deprive ownership, the charge of unauthorised possession is used...

MISCONDUCT - UNAUTHORISED OR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, ABUSE, OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE

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Oct 9, 2023

MISCONDUCT - UNAUTHORISED OR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, ABUSE, OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE

This is quite a common problem in the workplace. It could also involve dealing with drugs or alcohol at the workplace, or the use or...

MISCONDUCT - REFUSAL TO WORK OVERTIME WITHOUT A VALID REASON

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Oct 2, 2023

MISCONDUCT - REFUSAL TO WORK OVERTIME WITHOUT A VALID REASON

This form of misconduct could also be regarded as insubordination. If the employee agreed to work overtime and then did not arrive as...

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Sep 25, 2023

MISCONDUCT - SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Sexual harassment in the working environment is a form of unfair discrimination and is prohibited on the grounds of sex and/or gender or...

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Sep 18, 2023

MISCONDUCT - DISHONESTY

This can take many forms. It could be a dishonest disclosure or nondisclosure on an employee’s CV, and the term “dishonesty” covers any...

MISCONDUCT - CONFLICT OF INTEREST / DERELICTION OF DUTY

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Sep 11, 2023

MISCONDUCT - CONFLICT OF INTEREST / DERELICTION OF DUTY

Conflict of interest occurs when the employee does something that conflicts with the interests of the employer. For example, the employee...

BRIDGING THE GENERATIONAL GAP: MANAGING DIFFERENT GENERATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE

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Sep 6, 2023

BRIDGING THE GENERATIONAL GAP: MANAGING DIFFERENT GENERATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE

Dear EOHCB Member, Today's workplaces are more diverse than ever, not just in terms of race and gender but also in generational...

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Sep 4, 2023

MISCONDUCT - INSUBORDINATION

This is quite common in the workplace – it may be defined as any conduct by an employee that poses an unlawful and deliberate challenge...

MISCONDUCT - ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR, RACISM OR RACIST COMMENTS

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Aug 28, 2023

MISCONDUCT - ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR, RACISM OR RACIST COMMENTS

Swearing at employees, insulting employees, use of abusive language or racist comments cannot be tolerated. As prescribed in the Code of...

MISCONDUCT - ASSAULT OR INDECENT ASSAULT

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Aug 21, 2023

MISCONDUCT - ASSAULT OR INDECENT ASSAULT

Assault is an unlawful and intentional attack on the body of another person. In other words, the attacker causes or intended to cause...

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Aug 16, 2023

TOXIC WORKING ENVIRONMENTS

For some time now, we have acknowledged the existence of a psychological contract alongside the official employment agreement. However,...

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Aug 14, 2023

MISCONDUCT - FALSIFYING OF DOCUMENTS

Examples hereof are medical certificates. This is a real problem area – medical certificates can be purchased at a large number of...