Meeting and exceeding production targets is every employer’s goal, and to achieve this an employer relies on the co-operation of its employees, sometimes with the expectation that employees will work overtime. The question of whether an employer can dismiss an employee for refusing an instruction to work overtime was the question before the Court in […]

It is widely accepted that employers are entitled to set their own standards of conduct and enforce measures that mitigate risk in the workplace. The operational requirements of some workplaces necessitate the adoption of a “zero-tolerance” drug and alcohol policy as a safety precaution to prevent the occurrence of potentially disastrous workplace accidents, which would […]