Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)RegulationsGuideline for a Mandatory Code of PracticeManagement of Medical Incapacity due to Ill-Health and InjuryPart A: The Guideline3. Objective of this Guideline |
| 3.1 | The objective of this guideline is to ensure procedural and substantive fairness with employment decisions in respect of applicants or existing employees with medical incapacity and those qualifying as persons with disabilities under EEA. |
| 3.2 | Collateral objective is to assist the OMP and Human Resource Consultants charged with the task of preparing a COP which, if implemented and complied with, would: · |
| (a) | Ensure that employees suffering from medical incapacity, where possible, would be returned to their normal, adjusted or alternative work by making early return to work recommendations. |
| (b) | Ensure that employees suffering from medical incapacity, where such employees cannot be accommodated in their normal, adjusted or alternative work, would be managed in a consistent and fair manner. |
| (c) | Ensure that employees suffering from medical incapacity are fit to continue performing productively and safely in the normal, adjusted, or alternative work at the mine. |
| (d) | Ensure that the affected employee will be able to perform work without an unacceptable health or safety risk to that employee or any other person. |