Unit 2 – Test Yourself Quiz

Incapacity: ill health usually involves fault on the part of the employee.

Incapacity should be dealt with by means of counselling .

The principal should handle cases of apparent ill health from the start.

Termination should be considered as a first option in cases ill health.

Once the convenor of an inquiry has arrived at a finding, that is the final step in the process.

The SGB needs to appoint a committee to take over the process dealing with any employee once termination is considered as an option in cases of ill health incapacity.

If the ill health is the result of alcoholism or drug abuse, the employee must be dismissed.

School-employed staff may appeal to the MEC for Education if they are dismissed for ill health.

The SGB has no role to play in cases of alleged ill health incapacity on the part of state-employed staff.

Where an employee is called to a meeting to deal with ill health incapacity, that employee may request to have a fellow employee or trade union representative with him/her.