by VDT Attorneys | Nov 22, 2022 | COVID -19, Dismissal
Where employees were asked to work from home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and such remote work was not part of the agreed conditions of service either pre- or post-Covid 19, then an employee cannot refuse to return to the office when requested to do so by the...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 21, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID -19, Dismissal, Employee, Employer, Employment, Vaccinate
The short answer, is “yes” an employee can be dismissed for refusing to get vaccinated. Whether or not that is the case in a given situation will however depend on a number of factors. So let’s break it down. Firstly, in June 2021 the the Minister of Employment and...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 10, 2021 | COVID -19, COVID-19 vaccine, Directive, Employer, Employment, Employment law
Up until the 11th June 2021, there was no law in South Africa which regulated the circumstances under which an employer may compel an employee to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. On this date however, the Minister of Employment and Labour (“the Minister”) published the...
