DISMISSAL: OPERATIONAL RETRENCHMENT

DISMISSAL: OPERATIONAL RETRENCHMENT

Back to Case Studies In the previous Newsletters we spoke about the dismissal on grounds of the employee’s conduct and dismissal due to incapacity. Today I want to look at the dismissal of an employee on grounds of “operational requirements”, commonly known as...
Dismissal: Incapacity

Dismissal: Incapacity

Back to Case Studies In the previous Newsletter we spoke about the dismissal on grounds of the employee’s conduct. Today I want to look at the dismissal of an employee on grounds of “incapacity”. Capacity refers to the employee’s ability to perform his / her work...
DISCIPLINARY ACTION

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

Back to Case Studies One often hears people say, “it does not help to take disciplinary action against staff who do not conform to the Company rules as they will go to the CCMA where the hearing will be overturned.” It is true that many hearings are overturned by the...
SCHEDULE TRADE / SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES PERMIT

SCHEDULE TRADE / SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES PERMIT

Back to Case Studies We have received the following e-mail from the eThekwini Municipality’s Health and Environmental Department (shortened): Subject: APPLICATION FOR SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES PERMIT Good day. Please be informed that the Ethekwini Municipality Scheduled...
Mediate: The Right Way

Mediate: The Right Way

Back to Case Studies A lady from a countryside village felt that she was the subject of medical negligence. She approached a lawyer in the “big city”. Some six month after the procedure was performed, the medical practitioner was served papers for a claim of R 2 mil...