- Title
- Discipline and dismissal of employees For testing positive for cannabis
- Creator
- Syce, Donato Burchelle
- Subject
- Occupational health
- Subject
- Cannabis
- Subject
- Substance use
- Date Issued
- 2024-04
- Date
- 2024-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/63071
- Identifier
- vital:73184
- Description
- Employers are legally obligated to provide a safe working environment for all employees. They are permitted to enforce rules that regulate the use of cannabis, including a total prohibition thereof in the workplace. Most employers adopt a policy with a zero-tolerance approach to substance abuse in the workplace, especially considering the negative effects of substances. Cannabis is regarded as a drug and the effects of cannabis may negatively affect the health of employees. In most instances, users develop cognitive impairment which may result in decreased working memory function. Therefore, employers must test employees when they suspect that an employee have contravened a workplace policy. There are various tests that can be used to detect THC, the preferred method for testing employees is a urine test. Upon testing an employee, the test may show a positive result for the previous use of cannabis, but it does not determine the level of impairment. However, employers are still required to take the necessary disciplinary action against employees. In the following chapter, I shall discuss the judicial approach towards employees who have tested positive for cannabis.
- Description
- Thesis (LLM) -- Faculty of Law,(2024)
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (65 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
- Hits: 139
- Visitors: 131
- Downloads: 17
Collections
NMU Department of Mercantile Law
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | SOURCE1 | DB Syce - April 2024.pdf | 660 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |