On 19 February 2019, the Constitutional Court upheld the Labour Court’s finding that an employer need not afford an employee an opportunity to be heard before implementing a precautionary suspension. This important development arose from the following facts.
The employer, the South African Breweries (Pty) Ltd (SAB) employed a district manager for the
Under German law, an employer can only suspend an employee in certain cases. One of the core obligations of the employment relationship is an obligation on the employer to provide the employee with relevant work to be performed. If it fails to do so without justification, it must nevertheless continue to pay the employee. Notwithstanding
In Colombia, Article 51 of the Labor Code states the causes for suspension of the labor contract, including among others, the faculty of the employer to suspend the employee(s) due to serious misconduct after conducting a disciplinary investigation. In this case, the law limits the sanction to eight (8) days of suspension of the activities
Under French labour law, there are limited circumstances under which employers may suspend employees.
One of the main obligations imposed on employers is to provide employees with work to be performed (and obviously to pay them in consideration for their work). Breach of this requirement may be considered as a ground for breach of contract,