Employers often fail to investigate allegations of misconduct or poor performance properly because they are busy, because of feelings of...

Labour law heavily protects employees from unfair dismissal. Section 188 of the LRA effectively provides that a dismissal will be unfair...

Section 188 of the LRA provides, in effect, that the employer is assumed, from the outset of an arbitration hearing or court case, to be...

The law does allow employers to dismiss employees for dishonesty. This is because dishonesty can destroy the ability of the employer...

The adage that justice delayed is justice denied applies to labour law in the sense that employers that act too slowly can be found to be...

The code of good practice that regulates the conducting of misconduct dismissal arbitrations increases the obligation on commissioners to...

Investigation of misconduct allegations is a crucial step in legally acceptable disciplinary action and cannot be bypassed. ..

Employers frequently suspect that serious misconduct has occurred but are unable to prove which employee or employees are responsible...