You can't be stoned at work, and no, dagga is not a herb, labour court rules | Business Insider

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Two men who tested positive for dagga at work claimed their dismissal was unfair because the Constitutional Court had said cannabis was no longer a drug, just a plant.

The men’s understanding of the ConCourt decision was either “very limited or totally wrong”, said the judge, who dismissed the men’s attempt to review an arbitrator’s decision that their dismissal had been fair.

That’s why the two manufacturing operators, Nkosinathi Nhlabathi and Zukile Mthimkhulu, were fired after pleading guilty to a charge that they tested positive for dagga at PFG’s Springs plant. PFG has a zero-tolerance policy for any substance that has a mind-altering effect, Scrivens told Prinsloo, because its workplace is dangerous, it has to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and it cannot run the risk of staff who are under the influence negatively affecting colleagues or damaging equipment.

“It is legalised for an individual to use for personal consumption in his private space, and there is nothing that forbids the individual to come and work.” “The Constitutional Court did not interfere with the definition of a ‘drug’, nor did it declare dagga or cannabis to be a plant or a herb.”

 

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BISouthAfrica There was no link between these gents testing positive for cannibinoids and their work ability being impaired. The dismissal was on the notion that their ability to work was impaired, the article does not indicate that this impairment was demonstrated. This oughta be looked at

BISouthAfrica Morning,I wish to have follow up on this case cz really there is an confusion or misinterpretation of apex rule on this matter of dagga especially on workplaces.

BISouthAfrica TheRealDenzhe leader, didn't we have discussion about this way back?

BISouthAfrica Vele Those Potheads should be reinstated zisha ngama two

BISouthAfrica Alcohol is legal but once they test you at work and find u above the limit u face the music even though not drunk....

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