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Llw2601 Study Unit 4 Powerpoint Lesson Part 2
Llw2601 Study Unit 4 Powerpoint Lesson Part 2
- Sappi Forests (Pty) Ltd v CCMA & Others (2009) 3 BLLR 245 (LC)
• An employee should not be suspended unless:
- There is a prima facia reason to believe that the employee has committed serious misconduct; and
- there is some objectively justified reason for excluding the employee from the workplace.
SELF-STUDY pages 84-86 para 8 Labour Law Rules! 4ed (2021)
UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL
DETRIMENT – PROTECTED DISCLOSURE
• The Protected Disclosure Act regulates the disclosure by employees of information on
suspected criminal and other improper conduct by the employers and co-employees.
• The employee would have to prove the following in order to qualify for the protection of
the PDA:
- The employee should have made a protected disclosure.
- The employer should have taken some retaliating action against the employee which
amounts to the employee suffering an occupational detriment.
- The detriment suffered should be on account of making the protected disclosure. There
must be a casual link.
- Tshwane Metropolutan Muncipality v Engineering Council of SA & another (2010) 31 ILJ
322 (SCA)
SELF-STUDY pages 86 - 88 paras 10.1 – 10.3.2 Labour Law Rules! 4ed (2021)
SELF-STUDY page 86 para 9 Labour Law Rules! 4ed (2021) - UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE
RELATING TO REFUSAL TO REINSTATE OR RE-EMPLOY AN EMPLOYEE