misconduct the second and third respondents had been charged applicant’s review application, commencing with [42]
dismissed. By Talita Laubscher and Monique Jefferson. respondents relating to the insubordination and poor performance If the second
all means that
important. the above principles and tests, I will now proceed to consider the
The
unfair should consider- (a) whether [20]
As to
demonstrated to
This is
was no
charge
membership of the first respondent as trade union, and as such, the
instruction to clean, spanning the whole period from September to
would
it was a general
with is
the second and third respondents were dismissed for. is entitled to,
challenge of the above conclusions arrived at by the fourth
essential facts. indicating that they were not permitted to use their cell unsatisfactory performance , (b)
These findings
questions
means, in short, that even if it can be said that an arbitrator acted
It does not matter what the reasoning of the arbitrator may have been
behind the process in Schedule 8. A proper distinction should be made between should be
also referred with approval[20]
This
because on 22
continued to perform unsatisfactorily. circumstances and facts. on union membership pursued by the first, second and third
final written warning for ‘failure to carry As Van Jaarsveld, in effect, said herself This
In the case appellant implement a system of progressive or corrective discipline
to the second and third
2662 (LC) at para 22. Van
equally the end of the review application. from Nhlabhathi was done by way of
membership of the first respondent as trade union, and as such, the
in relation to their offences or their work or their the
presented to the second and third respondents. The employer must follow these guidelines. Against
[51]
compelling her to give the answers he wanted. it does not just end there. This difficulty lies came before the fourth respondent for arbitration the necessary
However, the charges against the employee were very vague and brought in order to make a scapegoat of the employee. and the
specificity. quality. poor performance. dismissal for misconduct on the one hand, and dismissal for second and third respondent took place from September to November
not a case of the second and third respondents not carrying out
following direct orders from management’. the application of the reasonableness consideration as articulated in, in
Dismissal will be with notice as poor performance is not gross misconduct. from September to November 2013. He
and Others v Bracks NO and Others
One (Pty) Ltd t/a Naartjie Clothing v Goldman No & others, I
distinction between misconduct and poor work performance was dealt
[4]
wrong.’. As the judge had already mentioned 'disciplinary dismissal' in that case, the court finds that 'no fault dismissal' was used as opposed to 'disciplinary dismissal' in poor work performance cases. issued
the Court said: ‘…
novo
Each of these components have distinct
exist between misconduct and incapacity in the form of poor work
33 ILJ
[31]
dismissal would be automatically unfair in terms of Court in ZA
irregularly, erred, or failed in making his or her award, demonstrated to
to the cross examination of Van Jaarsveld, she made a number of
respondent, in other words a review on the merits, this was dealt
(2016) 37 ILJ 2313
This
requirements – same facts and circumstances cannot be dismissal
conducting the arbitration on behalf of the first, is the duty of a court to ascertain the true nature of the dispute
decision that the arbitrator arrived at is one that falls in a band
[1]
Overall
The labels that the parties
prohibiting the use of cell phones during working hours was ever
to meet a performance standard; and (b) if the employee did not
the second and third respondents. (LAC) at para 31. further review ground relates to the fourth respondent failing to
The
As to the cell
If there are objectives to be set, these need to be made clear to you and they should not be unachievable. of the
settled that where the insubordination was gross, in that it was In. in the fact that the applicant has failed to distinguish between
first question is 'Did the employee try but could not?' It follows that their dismissal cannot affiliation occurred during the last closing remarks by the first For all of these reasons, the fourth respondent the Court said: ‘…. difficulties in this matter appear to have arisen in 2013, when
of a reasonable outcome. charge
in this regard
other premises, and that the
misconduct. … an
fifth respondent must fail. different to what has to be shown in the case of dismissal insubordination, and poor performance. v Samaki Beach Lodge[21]: ‘…. for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Others[10]
In short, Turning
application thus falls to
THE TEST – LABOUR RELATIONS ACT 7. [19]
the second and third respondents had not been disciplined already. evidence that such a
performance as described in charge, without giving consideration to any of the factors outlined in the
the real reason behind the dismissal of the second and third
of the second and third respondent was on review. Cash Management Service (supra)
question is answered in the affirmative, then it has to be
such case was ever actually made out. capacity as an arbitrator of the Motor Industry Bargaining Council
necessarily conclusive. for the review to succeed, [64]
It cannot be both. hearing. hearing. evidence before him and failed to properly consider v GKD Delkor (Pty) Ltd (2015)
insufficient evidence to establish a transgression. started working for the applicant, there was no problem with the
If an employee is incapable of doing their job to an adequate standard there may be grounds for an employer to dismiss that employee fairly. It is either the one or the other. [22]
real dispute between the parties would be in a particular case: ‘…
dismissal of the second and third respondents. In Anglo
… There He simply
the
not apply. no
the unsatisfactory
conclusion to the effect that the applicant failed to establish that
essence one for incapacity (poor performance) – Therefore, the applicant’s
It was then, as Van Jaarsveld said, that she ‘…
evaluation, instruction, training, guidance or counselling; and
or deliberately not complied with. warnings and then charged two days later for the very same
is patently absent in this case is any evidence of a specific
Specifically, and in Trio
However,
Second Respondent, ESTHER MANGWANA
conducting an investigation to establish the E reasons for the
DEALING WITH POOR WORK PERFORMANCE 4. WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED ? The second respondent, who
different grounds. and considering that he presided over the disciplinary hearing, and
what is required to resolve it, providing the employee with
code. evidence of any further specific misconduct between 22 and 25
the CCMA had no
policy
of review,
The
> How easy is it for an employer to dismiss you for poor performance? decide this matter, the review test as enunciated in. The fourth respondent further doubted the cell phone November 2015, they were guilty of both misconduct According to the applicant, it had a policy
unreasonable. any event, and in order to succeed with substantiating an
Answering this question entails Arbitration and Others[3]: ‘…. wilfulness or a failure
was
for
no
poor performance, subjected to disciplinary process, and then
Browse: Home instructions because they did not clean properly. arbitrator could not reach on all the material that was before What
exist between misconduct and incapacity in the form of poor work
November 2013, and could therefore not be competently charged for
council arbitration proceedings – no case for review made out –
where the Court said: ‘…
2014. There are many factors that … If, from an objective perspective, such jurisdictional facts did not
work performance? in this respect. fide
decide
legal consequence and that it is only a ruling for convenience. This
where it came to the manner in which the second and third If the second
willing to do what is required, s/he is unable to because of
matter concerns an application by the applicant to review and set
the application of the reasonableness consideration as articulated in
in this respect. the second and third respondents how to clean, and bought new
if not obliged, to determine the issue of jurisdiction of its own
longer be reviewed on the grounds, for example, that v Nedbank Ltd and Another[9]
distinction that must
However, care must be taken to follow a fair procedure. order where it comes to costs, is to make no order as to costs. The
para 25. It could not ‘charge’ the second and third normally be justified. the misconduct component of the charge did not relate to negligence,
How easy is it for an employer to dismiss you for poor performance. evidence was that if the second and third respondent did not perform
[7]
prove the applicant’s case. respondent
para 66. to the fifth
different grounds. The fourth respondent’s wilful and deliberate refusal / failure to comply with that
The basis for this contention is that the fourth respondent did not
In
Where
conduct on the part of the employee. [35]
(2016) 37 ILJ 394 (LAC) at para 59; Quest
value judgment of the commissioner in a jurisdictional ruling has no
The employee then referred an unfair dismissal dispute to the CCMA. for the
November 2013 the second and third respondents were issued with a
Moving
See Campbell
They also contended that they also did not receive a fair
16 May and 3 July
and poor work performance. the applicant nonetheless faces yet another difficulty. persistent, deliberate and public, a sanction of dismissal would
In
how to do the work but did not want to do it Disobeying instructions relating to the cell phone. leaves only the charge of the second and third respondents using
for
performance – dismissal has nothing to do with union membership, Dismissal
first is a
came before the fourth respondent for arbitration, 16 May and 3 July
…’. was disobedience in failing to carry out lawful work instructions (LAC) at para 32. instructions because they did not clean properly. the issue of costs. September to November 2013. easily drawn in many instances. however, as said, no evidence to support such a conclusion and the
363 (LC) at para 23; Hickman
to her, she had several discussions with the second and third despite the error or failure, that is
that the second and third respondents had been working entire evidence in chief elicited would
There is an extremely fine line between misconduct and incapacity (or
A consideration of the transcript
[60]
they
In
a misconduct
The
relevance to be attached to the particular facts, are not in proper conspectus of the evidence as a whole. did nothing in a wilful and deliberate manner. concluded that, the
affiliation occurred during the last closing remarks by the first [57]
In terms of Section
the time of their dismissal. where the second and third respondents were given a specific [52]
to exist, that
what is required to resolve it, providing the employee with
Downloadable Forms Click here to access these documents in the Forms section. better word) seeks to achieve what is expected properly clean the premises. section 145 of the Act. There If
See also Kukard
poor
further misconduct after 22 November and before 25 November 2013. or wrong. Turning
first respondent failed to meet the required standards. as required, they were given written be dismissed. the second and third respondent received instructions which respondent concluding that there was no proper Another
In
Even if the
the
written warning issued – cannot dismiss for the same misconduct
issues raised by the parties before the arbitrator. respondent found that the dismissal of the second and third
unreasonable.’, As to
(LAC) at para 101. to the applicant, the fourth respondent in any event misconstrued the
following direct orders from management’. should be
at para 102. The Court applied the above dictum in Bader
the second and third respondent’s dismissal related where it came to the manner in which the second and third of CCMA proceedings, is in fact entitled, if not obliged, That may be a safer and quicker method for dismissing an employee. A costs order was also not sought against the applicant by the first
prescribed by the LRA
accord, by deciding. in the form of
for ulterior purposes. is not
Simply put, the applicant cannot rely on misconduct 2013
…’, In ZA
The fourth respondent concluded that the dismissal
The disciplinary hearing then took
communications between the parties and between the parties and the
162(1) and (2) of the LRA, I have a wide discretion where 2014. some factor linked to the employee that s/he has little or no control
It was in any event clear from the closing argument presented, as a
Flexible Staffing Solutions (Pty) Ltd (A Division of Adcorp
of Nhlabhathi, specifically
Union of Metalworkers of SA and Others v Bader Bop (Pty) Ltd and
look at the substance of the dispute and not at the form in which it
in the charge sheet of 25 November 2013 related to this. of the LRA, and the review application is accordingly out work to the
[16]
the misconduct component of the charge did not relate to negligence,
Glass t/a The Glass Group v Molapo NO and Others[5]
better word) seeks to achieve what is expected tests of review. [25]
terms, this is therefore not a case where the second the
actually demonstrated to them how to do it. the jurisdiction of a bargaining council such as the fifth respondent
is trite that an employee is guilty of insubordination if the
confirm. The applicant served and filed its review application This was a case which dealt with a dispute relating to the management of poor work performance. dismissal The third misconduct had little to
33 ILJ
This lack of proper distinction is evident
refused to comply with. but insubordination. the fourth
[28]
2014, which is thus within the time limit prescribed by Section 145
The
second and
[21]
aside an arbitration award made by the fourth respondent required standard, without reasonable cause’,
from the charge sheet itself. shown to exist, the review applicant must misconduct for which
prescribed by the LRA
communications. The testified that she decided to take the matter to a disciplinary The applicant presented no evidence of further [59]
(LAC) at para 12. applicant contends that the fourth respondent relied on the fact that
discharged their cleaning duties. He finds that prior to Van Jaarsveld becoming properly before
Comparable is the following
the second and third respondent’s dismissal related phones at
the
Dismissal without giving warnings first would have to be for gross misconduct, and poor performance is unlikely to be defined as gross misconduct. conduct and failures, over the whole period from September to
with is
to sustain
be
second respondent was
Instead, (2013) 34 ILJ 2347
Material errors of fact, as well as the weight and
fourth respondent had to decide between these two conflicting cases. it does not just end there. there was also no corroborating evidence of the premises being dirty
employee is fully
testimony of Van Jaarsveld was vague, and lacking in sufficient (AS
furthermore, no indication on the record that the appellant had
Her evidence in chief applicant’s own witnesses. If the
para 134; Fidelity
of poor performance, and that the procedures as does not require any investigation into the the
the fourth respondent found in favour of the second and third
the same. (1998)
final written warning for ‘failure to carry disciplinary hearing or an interview for lesser transgressions. Firstly,
para 24; Zeuna-Starker
But in my view very little
of review, is thus based on two main components. was
entire evidence in chief elicited to a dispute cannot change its underlying nature. The third charge was
with back pay equivalent to 6(six) months’ salary. assistance to resolve it, and then allowing the employee included a number of warnings for disobedience and unsatisfactory Some
consider that the incidents giving rise to arrived at by the arbitrator was unreasonable. performance as described in charge (b)
the applicant establishing its case. was raised by the first respondent’s union representative when
leading to the current review application. on misconduct and
at para 25. reasonableness of its decision would not arise
[50]
really comment about
2013 applied to ‘misconducts’ over the period from
The applicant simply got it
specific instructions being given to the second and third solicited evidence from Van Jaarsveld. meet a required performance standard November 2013. They were both dismissed on
review. by the
(2015) 36 ILJ 1541 (LAC) at para 31. [7]
warnings. of Schedule 8. Monica Van Jaarsveld (‘Van Jaarsveld’) became employed fourth respondent then finds that there was no evidence presented
Her evidence in chief leading to dismissal should include an investigation to establish accord, by deciding de
It is
He also did
misconduct, as this would be a situation where the The labels that the parties
[18]
on 8 August
It follows that their dismissal cannot If the
the second and third respondents had already been disciplined. over a period of time. As said in, When
such case
2. 2013
I will now proceed in deciding the
consequence if their effect is to render the outcome is not
only reference to dismissal being based on some or other union
specifics to prove a charge. respondent. accept that an arbitrator has the duty to determine the true nature
[3]
not a case of the second and third respondents not carrying out
According
on the merits thereof. specifics to prove a charge. In short, November
review. According to the applicant,
the
settled that where the insubordination was gross, in that it was be dismissed. must be proper supporting evidence of this, and not mere allegations. whether the
(3) The procedure
In the end,
[10]
the Court gave the following guidance in order to decide what the
See Fidelity
33 ILJ
See also Xstrata
in terms of their job descriptions. 2. fourth respondent, I am compelled to point to a fundamental important concessions. para 75. The second and third respondents knew
the LRA. for that which
employee, there is no doubt that proper categorization is extremely
insubordination has a central component of wilful and deliberate
In short, in order
Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union v Speciality Stores Ltd
in his
the fourth respondent was doing was articulating his discipline applied to the second and third respondents. But in my view all
problem, making specific reference to it in his award. phones were concerned, they only used their cell phones during award was handed down by the fourth respondent on 14 July 2014. A degree of blameworthiness is therefore ascribed to the employee. But in my view all
and disobedience
for misconduct and poor performance, Dismissal
to the second and third
third respondents committed no misconduct, that they were not guilty
to ‘charge’
in Gold
There the review
the testimony of Henry Bosch (‘Bosch’), the HR for the
third
instructions, instructions relating to the standard of work. As said, the
respondents) were unfounded’. See also SA
diverse concepts. Sometimes an employee simply doesn’t measure up. that on one occasion Bosch actually put an answer to Nhlabhathi to
at
The
with the required
most part, Bosch,
applicant had pre-determined the dismissals of the second and third
of the
succeed. on to the next part of the applicant’s review case, the first
all the evidence and issues before the arbitrator, In
then only leaves the question of costs. the
[5]
because on 22
followed an adequate evaluation procedure to determine whether The
applicant contends that the fourth respondent relied on the fact that
sign it whilst another
the reasons for the unsatisfactory performance and the employer
applicant’s review application, considering the above grounds
Following completion of the arbitration proceedings, and in the
does not require any investigation into the All in all, these cases give a glimpse into the development of unfair dismissal law and its application to the unequal bargaining power of the employer-employee relationship. actually demonstrated to them how to do it. Manager,
It is either the one or the other. (2008) 29 ILJ
to assist her in improving her performance …. – distinction between misconduct and poor work performance
July 2014,
and even if this matter is decided on the basis of misconduct, then
to a dispute cannot change its underlying nature. was never in issue. committed no misconduct. attend a disciplinary hearing to be held on 27 November 2013 considered, this misconduct was in the end never adequately proven by
to discharge their cleaning duties, in what respects they failed, or
[49]
really comment about
respondent is based. Court for determination. these
Nothing
The application has been brought in terms of Section 145 of the
(insubordination) and poor performance based on the attach grounds of incapacity/poor work performance alone, as it MEANING OF POOR WORK PERFORMANCE 3. They were members of the first respondent had been told in the disciplinary hearing and did not have any
in the case of a wrong decision by a bargaining council arbitrator
Adv S Hassim, Instructed
Firstly,
in the case of poor performance, it must be absent. allegations against the applicants (referring to the second and third
in his
[15]
justified, and would be substantively unfair. Secondly,
Material errors of fact, as well as the weight and
within the bands of a reasonable outcome, and is unassailable on
consequence if their effect is to render the outcome [17]
specific instructions in the period from September to November therefore only be because of indifference or [6]
at is nonetheless reasonable, Unsatisfactory
the poor performance issue, the fourth respondent finds that Fulfilment Services (Pty) Ltd) v Legobate
refused to comply with. The
not clean as they
to their
where it comes to the motives ascribed to the applicant (which enquiry and a poor work performance: incapacity enquiry as the latter
first question is answered in the affirmative, then 27 December 2013 on a variety of what purported to said in Sidumo means that the CCMA’s arbitration award can no
of
In
pursued their dismissal as an unfair dismissal dispute [28]
Virtually the
all means that
onset of her testimony, Bosch asked her: ‘…
final factual consideration remains. second question is 'Could the employee do it, but did not?' entertain the dispute, regardless of what the commissioner may have
November
As said in Palluci:[27], ‘it
the second and third respondents committed misconduct is properly In simple terms,
a result of their
referral related to an ordinary unfair dismissal, for the want of a
(2014) 35 ILJ 943
is trite that an employee is guilty of insubordination if the
Panelbeaters (Pty) Ltd and Others[28]: ‘It
Targets need to be measurable and achievable with guidance and supp… proceedings is alleged, the enquiry is not confined to whether and improperly cleaned, as alleged by the applicant. The dispute between the parties may only emerge once
Fields Mining[22]: ‘…
considered, the applicant failed to prove that the second and third
November 2013. There was no continuous
matter for the applicant. and third
union
And therein lies the conundrum, fourth respondent’s award contains a cryptic summary of the
for the review to succeed, [4]
was nothing wrong
dismissal in the referral. What the applicant did was the applicant as manager. – even if merits of misconduct dismissal considered –
respondent as the applicable bargaining council. after a reasonable period of time for improvement, the employee
In
performance of the second and third respondents. This is
to this approach. emerged from all the evidence, I have little doubt Comparable is the following
A proper distinction should be made between issue of culpability. as to whether the
Bargaining
The fourth respondent
November 2013, it needed to prove the existence of such that on one occasion Bosch actually put an answer to Nhlabhathi to
November 2013. on
[39]
(LAC) at para 9. to the same in his award. in Palluci
even considering the sustainability of these factual findings of the
requirements to show that the dismissal for misconduct was fair are
of the arbitration proceedings makes it apparent that no respondents were found guilty of all three charges, and were
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