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Can you get fired if you haven't received 3 warnings yet?
The supplied sources do not state a rule that an employee must receive three warnings before being dismissed. 4 1
Those sources instead list grounds and procedures for termination-such as continuing ill health, abolition of a post, misconduct, unsatisfactory service during a trial period, inefficiency, and long absence without leave-and they permit summary dismissal for misconduct; the Central Intelligence Service regulations also provide for discharge procedures and an appeal against discharge or reduction in rank or grade. 4 2 1 3 6
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Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118
5. Discharge or reduction in rank or grade of staff members on account of inefficiency
Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118
4. Discharge of staff members on account of continued ill health
Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118
7. Discharge of staff members on account of long absence without leave
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
services of an employer may be terminated by the council - (a) on account of continuing bad health or illness or continuing unfitness for work; (b) on account of the abolition of his post or any reduction in or reorganisation or rearrangement of departments or posts on the fixed establishment; (c) on account of misconduct; (d) in the case of an employee appointed on trial, if his services are unsatisfactory; or in the case of an employee appointed temporarily, for any reason deemed sufficient by the council. (2) Subject to the provisions of section 148(4) and (6) of the ordinance, the services of an employee appointed permanently or on trial may, in the cases mentioned in subregulation (1),...
Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1969-0119
Provided further that if the effect of the aforegoing provisions is that an employee would receive
Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997-Regulations 1998-118
14. Appeal against discharge or reduction in rank or grade of staff members