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Hearsay evidence need not always be disregarded
Hearsay evidence is evidence tendered by an individual who relays evidence which he/she did not personally witness with his or her own eyes or senses, but heard from someone else. Hearsay evidence is, ordinarily, considered to be unreliable and problematic as the...
Re-hearing disciplinary enquiries requires caution
Every once in a while, employers are tempted to hold a second disciplinary enquiry on the same issue forming the basis of a prior enquiry. Although this is not a common practice, there are a number of reasons why an employer would consider re-hearing a disciplinary...
Legal representation normally not allowed in disciplinary hearings
From time to time, employees apply to be legally represented in disciplinary hearings. The standard approach adopted by employers, and indeed indirectly supported by the provisions of the Labour Relations Act, is that employees are only entitled to be represented by...
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