TY - JOUR AU - Maloka, Tumo Charles PY - 2017/05/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Derivative Misconduct and Forms thereof: Western Refinery Ltd v Hlebela 2015 36 ILJ 2280 (LAC) JF - Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal JA - PER VL - 19 IS - 0 SE - Case Notes DO - 10.17159/1727-3781/2016/v19i0a733 UR - https://perjournal.co.za/article/view/733 SP - 1-16 AB - <p><em>Western Platinum Refinery Ltd v Hlebela </em>2015 ZALAC 20 (“<em>Hlebela</em>”) required the Labour Appeal Court to grapple with difficult questions presented by generic dilemma which confronts an employer faced with clear evidence of recurrent theft of precious minerals, but is unable to identify the actual culprits, nor are the employees disposed or willing to co-operate with the employer in tracking down the perpetrator(s). Suddenly, the police informed the employer that an employee who had accumulated wealth was a person of interest in their investigations. However, they give no information about the employee being engaged, to their knowledge, in particular illegal activities.</p><p><em>Hlebela</em> answered the nagging question: what is the appropriate way to discipline an employee who has actual knowledge of the wrongdoing of others or who has actual knowledge of information which the employee subjectively knows is relevant to unlawful conduct against the employer’s interests? The categorical answer is to charge the employee with material breach of the duty of good faith, particularising the knowledge allegedly possessed and alleging a culpable non-disclosure.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&amp;user=C4ZqO54AAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;gmla=AJsN-F5wkyqzYFl5XLu6dUAcrz0an5G8V2QJkfXytfCpO5ogVZXmSJbbNm1lbFVWJSQKmcJABF88a8hJPEnBpE_BYyfNsZq0vHDyYcD7Nrs0M7OU3HLfB4c&amp;sciund=10613628468297331726" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="/public/site/images/tshiamo/Google_Scholar_12060.png"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=39e0219e-6ecc-454a-8909-aa4654d8f05c" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="/public/site/images/tshiamo/ScienceOpen_Log034340.png"></a></p> ER -