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• The Company representative will summarise the evidence for disciplinary sanction.

• The employee will summarise the grounds for their appeal.

• The person conducting the proceedings will consider their conclusions and write to the
employee to convey the Company's decision, following the hearing.

An appeal can be made on the following grounds;
a) Where the employee believes that the disciplinary decision is unjust or;

b) Where the employee contends that a matter of fact has been omitted or, if referred to at the
disciplinary meeting, that fact has not been properly taken into account in reaching the
decision or;

c) Where the employee contests the appropriateness of the type of disciplinary action decided
upon.

3.1.7 Disciplinary Rules
The disciplinary rules set out hereunder are provided to indicate the standards of performance and
behaviour at work, which can reasonably be expected from employees. It is impossible to list all
possible acts of indiscipline, which could occur in any employment, and it should therefore be noted
that the rules indicated below are not exhaustive and can serve only as a guide.

3.1.8 Misconduct
Except in trivial cases which will be treated as misdemeanours the following are examples of actions
which constitute misconduct and may lead to summary dismissal: -

• Refusal to carry out reasonable instructions from a MANAGER, Manager or Supervisor.

• Theft, either from the Company, its employees, clients, customers or agents, including the
unauthorised possession of any of the Company's goods, materials, products or produce.

• Fraud: any deliberate falsification of records or any deliberate attempt to defraud the
Company or fellow employees. Fraud can include falsification of time sheets, travel claims,
self-certification forms, etc.

• Violence: any fighting or violence or threats thereof, involving any fellow employee or any
other person which takes place on the Company's premises or while on the Company's
business.

• Indecency, which is related to employment with the Company.

• Deliberate damage to Company's property, or to the property of fellow employees.

• Use of Company vehicles and/or commercial vehicles without authorisation.

• Carrying unauthorised goods or passengers in Company commercial vehicles

• Intoxication on the Company's premises or the bringing of intoxicants or illegal drugs onto the
Company's premises at any time.

• Carelessness or negligence: including any action or failure to act which threatens the health
or safety of any fellow employee or member of the public including any disregard of safety
rules which jeopardises the safety of those on the Company's premises.

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