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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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