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Lessons from Legal Precedent: Fraudulent Medical Certificates

Employers in South Africa have long faced challenges related to the misuse of sick leave and fraudulent activities related to the acquisition of sick leave certificates. A recent case, Woolworths (Pty) Ltd vs Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration (CCMA) and Others (JA90/22) [2024] ZALAC 29, sheds light on how such issues should be approached. [...]

Sick Leave And Valid Medical Certificates

Socio-economic circumstances in South Africa deny the greater population access to private medical practitioners. The result is that people are reliant on clinics for medical attention where the employee is provided with a medical certificate which is, more often than not, signed by the clinic nurse. This poses an exceedingly frequent question amongst employers i.e. [...]