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...
SOCIAL MEDIA – ITS DANGERS

SOCIAL MEDIA – ITS DANGERS

Back to Case Studies During the past couple of months, we have seen an increase in disciplinary action taken against employees due to the “incorrect” use of social media. The first point to note is that any adverse posting done by an employee could have a negative...
Wage Negotiations: A different approach

Wage Negotiations: A different approach

Back to Case Studies We were requested to assist a company with its wage negotiations. The Company had a very difficult and unpleasant wage negotiation the previous year. We decided to “play the game” slightly differently. We got our Training man to go to the company...
ASBESTOS IN THE WORKPLACE

ASBESTOS IN THE WORKPLACE

Back to Case Studies Asbestos is a very disabling fibre when inhaled. Modern factories have very little or no asbestos, while older factories may have it in the form of roofing (cement asbestos), as insulating material or in the form of gaskets (excluding asbestos...
Zinc Ash Safety Data Sheet

Zinc Ash Safety Data Sheet

Back to Case Studies An example of a Material Safety Data Sheet Zinc Ash Safety Data Sheet 1 file(s) 89 KB...