Implications of Conducting Adverse Hearing and Investigations While an Employee Faces Disciplinary and Criminal Cases: A Case Study in South Africa
The conducting of adverse hearings and investigations while an employee faces disciplinary and criminal cases, and its possible implicastions were examined in this study. The “Audi alteram partem” is applied interchangeably with procedural fairness when processing disciplinary or crime cases in adve...
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| description | The conducting of adverse hearings and investigations while an employee faces disciplinary and criminal cases, and its possible implicastions were examined in this study. The “Audi alteram partem” is applied interchangeably with procedural fairness when processing disciplinary or crime cases in adverse hearings or investigations. South African labour laws advocate for an employee to serve a 30-day notice when resigning for handover purposes, including activating other exiting processes by the employer and employee thereof. Qualitative research approach was adopted to gather relevant information for the study. Data with purpose of the study was gathered through observation and lived-experience, published court judgments, articles, and journals. The study results indicate that adverse hearings and investigations while an employee faces disciplinary and criminal cases can be conducted concurrently while taking into account section 35(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The discussed three labour laws in the Republic of South Africa require to be reviewed to manage employer-employee relationships regarding the resignation or termination of an employment contract while an employee is subjected to adverse hearings or investigations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7fb793592ea44fb39bae291237b04c882025-08-20T03:06:41ZengInternational Institute of Knowledge Innovation and Invention, Pte. Ltd. (IIKII PTE LTD)International Journal of Social Sciences and Artistic Innovations2737-52932025-03-01514149https://doi.org/10.35745/ijssai2025v05.01.0004Implications of Conducting Adverse Hearing and Investigations While an Employee Faces Disciplinary and Criminal Cases: A Case Study in South AfricaTumiso Mokhomole0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-4957Forensic Investigations Directorate, Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Pretoria 0001, South AfricaThe conducting of adverse hearings and investigations while an employee faces disciplinary and criminal cases, and its possible implicastions were examined in this study. The “Audi alteram partem” is applied interchangeably with procedural fairness when processing disciplinary or crime cases in adverse hearings or investigations. South African labour laws advocate for an employee to serve a 30-day notice when resigning for handover purposes, including activating other exiting processes by the employer and employee thereof. Qualitative research approach was adopted to gather relevant information for the study. Data with purpose of the study was gathered through observation and lived-experience, published court judgments, articles, and journals. The study results indicate that adverse hearings and investigations while an employee faces disciplinary and criminal cases can be conducted concurrently while taking into account section 35(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. The discussed three labour laws in the Republic of South Africa require to be reviewed to manage employer-employee relationships regarding the resignation or termination of an employment contract while an employee is subjected to adverse hearings or investigations.https://ijssai.iikii.com.sg/5/1/16269disciplinarycriminaladverse hearinginvestigationslabour lawsresignation |
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| title | Implications of Conducting Adverse Hearing and Investigations While an Employee Faces Disciplinary and Criminal Cases: A Case Study in South Africa |
| title_full | Implications of Conducting Adverse Hearing and Investigations While an Employee Faces Disciplinary and Criminal Cases: A Case Study in South Africa |
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| title_short | Implications of Conducting Adverse Hearing and Investigations While an Employee Faces Disciplinary and Criminal Cases: A Case Study in South Africa |
| title_sort | implications of conducting adverse hearing and investigations while an employee faces disciplinary and criminal cases a case study in south africa |
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