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Ruling: sacking drunk worker after two incidents ‘too harsh’

labour court

TIGER Brands has lost its application against an earlier finding it had unfairly dismissed a worker who twice tested positive for alcohol when he reported for duty.

The court found the company only held a disciplinary hearing months later following the incidents.

The food manufacturer turned to the

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