{"id":1379,"date":"2025-05-17T09:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T07:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:36:53","slug":"workplace-rights-drug-policies-and-ccma-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/workplace-rights-drug-policies-and-ccma-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"WORKPLACE RIGHTS, DRUG POLICIES AND CCMA DISPUTES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>CCMA Case on drugs &#8216;Cannabis &#8211; Marijuana &#8211; Dagga&#8217; &#8230;. In Mthembu and others \/ NCT Durban Wood Chips &#8211; three applicants were among several employees who were dismissed after testing positive for cannabis during a dope test at work.<br \/>The applicants claimed that they had not smoked the drug during working hours.<br \/>The employer claimed that due to the highly dangerous operations in its factory, an employee may not be under the influence of drugs in the workplace.<br \/>The Commissioner noted that the Constitutional Court had just declared private use of cannabis legal. However,<br \/>employers are still entitled to discipline employees who use cannabis or are under its influence during working<br \/>hours. The respondent\u2019s operations indicated that such a prohibition was reasonable and the applicants knew that<br \/>they were not allowed to report for work while under the influence of cannabis.<br \/>The applicant\u2019s dismissal was upheld.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/moni.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Moni-Blog-31.mp4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-40px|auto||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/blog-3\/&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Back To Blog&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#071075&#8243; button_border_width=&#8221;2px&#8221; button_border_radius=&#8221;100px&#8221; button_use_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCMA Case on drugs &#8216;Cannabis &#8211; Marijuana &#8211; Dagga&#8217; &#8230;. In Mthembu and others \/ NCT Durban Wood Chips &#8211; three applicants were among several employees who were dismissed after testing positive for cannabis during a dope test at work.The applicants claimed that they had not smoked the drug during working hours.The employer claimed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488,"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moni.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}