The CCMA has dismissed a claim for unfair dismissal by a former Dis-Chem employee with cancer. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
What is the responsibility of a company to employees who become too ill to do their work? A recent CCMA ruling sheds some light on this.
Refilwe Matinketsa worked for Dis-Chem from March 2019 as a picker at its distribution centre. She had to have cancer surgery in 2022. After this she could no longer lift heavy items because she had been fitted with a stoma…
