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As an employer what can you do about an employee who goes AWOL on sick leave one time too many? Is failure to produce a medical certificate grounds for dismissal?
We analyse a recent Labour Court decision in which an employee with a known medical condition, but also with a history of warnings for absenteeism, took four days off work just before Christmas. On his return he failed to submit a medical certificate as required by company policy.
The Court ordered reinstatement on the particular facts of the matter – a clear warning to employers that lack of a medical certificate is not in itself necessarily adequate grounds for dismissal.
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As a small business you want your accounting software to do the job quickly, securely and cost-effectively, making you as competitive as possible against big business.
We discuss how the technological revolution is reducing your costs, and we look at what “cloud accounting” is and how it works. It may or may not suit your particular business – you will need to take your accountant’s advice on that – but it has many potential benefits that you should seriously consider.
Read on for the details…
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Are you struggling in your dealings with SARS? If so, you aren’t alone, and the good news is that the Tax Ombud may be able to help.
We’ll start off with a look at what types of issues the Ombud can assist taxpayers with, and at the hoops you normally have to jump through before going that route.
There are however also circumstances in which you may be able to fast-track your way to the Ombud, the most significant of these involving “systemic issues”. What are they? And what can the Ombud do about them?
Read on for the answers…
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