Above all else dismissals must be substantively fair

According to the law, for a dismissal to stand it needs to be procedurally and substantively fair. In other words, the way in which the dismissal was carried out needs to be fair as does the reason for said dismissal. However, there are circumstances in which a...

Substantive Fairness and Temporary Employment Services

For a dismissal to be valid, it needs to be both procedurally and substantively fair. (To read more about what “substantive fairness” is read our article entitled What Is Considered To Be ‘Fair’ in a Disciplinary Hearing?) Temporary Employment Services (TES) have been...

The Importance of Procedural Fairness in Dismissals

In the article, What Is Considered To Be ‘Fair’ in a Disciplinary Hearing?, we discussed the conditions necessary for a disciplinary hearing to be considered to be fair. What this means is that  to pass muster, a disciplinary hearing must possess the quality of...