Grogan, John. Dismissal. – 5th ed. – Juta, 2026.
 
ISBN: 9781485156413
 
Publisher’s summary: “First published in 2010, Dismissal is the most thorough and comprehensive work available on a question which confronts employees, employers, labour law practitioners, judges and arbitrators every working day: when is it fair to terminate the relationship with employees, for whatever reason this regrettable step may be considered necessary? This 5th edition has been revised and supplemented to incorporate the latest case law, as well as recent amendments to labour legislation. This work deals with all the circumstances in which dismissals arise and may been challenged – from dismissals for misconduct and incapacity, through retrenchments, automatically unfair dismissals, dismissals of protected and unprotected strikers to the procedures that must be followed before dismissals can be effected and if they are challenged. Written in the clear and readable style for which the author is acclaimed, the exposition of each principle is illustrated with examples from the case law. Dismissal forms a volume in a quintet and should be read, where necessary, with its companion volumes - Employment Rights, Collective Labour Law and Labour Litigation and Dispute Resolution, all currently in their fourth editions, and Workplace Law, now in its 14th edition. All are also available in electronic form, updated quarterly.”
 
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction and overview
Chapter 2: What is a dismissal?
Chapter 3: Who may be dismissed?
Chapter 4: Was there a dismissal?
Chapter 5: When did the dismissal occur?
Chapter 6: Unfair dismissals
Chapter 7: Automatically unfair dismissals
Chapter 8: Dismissal for misconduct
Chapter 9: Specific forms of misconduct
Chapter 10: Procedural fairness in misconduct cases
Chapter 11: Group misconduct
Chapter 12: Misconduct outside the workplace and criminal conduct
Chapter 13: Discipline and shop stewards
Chapter 14: Dismissal for poor work performance
Chapter 15: Dismissal for incapacity
Chapter 16: Dismissal for operational requirements: Fair reason
Chapter 17: Dismissal for operational requirements: Fair procedure
Chapter 18: Dismissal for operational requirements: Selection and severance pay
Chapter 19: Closures, mergers, transfers and sales of businesses
Chapter 20: Unilateral change to terms and conditions of employment
Chapter 21: Other reasons for dismissal
Chapter 22: Dismissal of unprotected strikers
Chapter 23: Procedures for challenging dismissals
Chapter 24: Remedies
Chapter 25: Costs in dismissal matters