Form K - Disciplinary Transgressions

An employee shall be guilty of misconduct if he -

1. contravenes any provisions of the employer's conditions of service or fails to comply with any provision thereof with which he is in duty bound to comply;



2. commits or cause to be committed any act which is detrimental to the administration, discipline or efficiency of the employer;



3. disobeys, disregards or wilfully fails to carry out a standing order or a lawful order or instruction give to him by a person having authority to give such order or instruction, or by word or conduct renders himself guilty of insubordination;



4. is negligent or indolent in the discharge of his duties;



5. publicly expresses disparaging, scornful or contemptuous criticism of the governing function or the administration of the employer;



6. conducts himself in a disgraceful, improper or unbecoming manner or, while his on duty, is guilty of gross discourtesy towards any person;



7. discloses, otherwise than in the performance of his official duty, information gained or acquired by him in the course of his service with the employer, or uses such information for a purpose other than the discharging of his official duties, whether or not he discloses such information;



8. without the employer's permission, accepts or claims any commission, fee or reward, pecuniary or otherwise (which is not the remuneration payable to him in respect of his service with the employer) in respect of the performance of his duties or the failure to perform his duties or fails to report the offer of such a commission, money or reward;



9. misappropriates or unlawfully uses or damages or attempts to misappropriate or unlawfully use or damage property belonging to the employer or makes improper use of property belonging to the employer in circumstances not amounting to an offence;



10. is guilty of dishonesty with the collection of moneys;



11. is convicted of a criminal offence, with the exception of an offence -
1. which has been or could have been compounded in terms of section 341 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977); or
2. in respect of which an admission of guilt penalty in terms of section 56 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977), has been paid; or
3. in respect of which he has merely been warned and discharged;


12. absents himself from his office or duty without leave or any valid reason;



13. with a view to obtaining any privilege or advantage in connection with his official position of his duties, or to the causing of any prejudice or injury to the employer, makes a false or an incorrect statement knowing it to be false or incorrect;



14. as a result of a reckless deed or omission causes the employer damage;



15. is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs when he reports for duty or partakes of intoxicating liquor or drugs while on duty, or is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or smells of intoxicating liquor whilst he performs work as defined in the Machinery and Occupational Safety Act, 1983;



16. is guilty of assault or attempted assault on any person during working hours;
    
    
17. is guilty of incitement or participation in a strike contradicting the Labour Relations Act;



18. is guilty of corruption, bribery, extortion, fraud or theft or of attempted corruption, bribery, extortion, fraud or theft;



19. commit any other offence, as specified in terms of the company rules and procedures