Employers are sick of absenteeism

Employers are entitled to discipline employees for absenteeism.  Employers can expect that there employees notify them regarding absenteeism and a failure to do so is a transgression of the company’s code of conduct. Employers often lose CCMA cases because the law is confusing. That is, while Schedule 8 implies that employees may be dismissed after…

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Under influence

ROUND 2 OF THE SAME PROBLEM There has been an increase in cases where employee smoke cannabis the night before and the question are they still under the influence. If your policy is silent you may end up paying money at the CCMA I will be drafting an update for retainer clients to ensure that…

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When is an employee not under the influence

There has been an increase in cases where employee smoke cannabis the night before and the question are they still under the influence. If your policy is silent you may end up paying money at the CCMA I will be drafting an update for retainer clients to ensure that you are covered but the essence…

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