3702
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STUDY
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UNIT
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7- // /
FAIR
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& /
UNFAIR
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DISMISSAL
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AND
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DISPUTE
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RESOLUTION
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EXAM
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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DISMISSAL /
/BASED /
/ON /
/OPERATIONAL //REASONS //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Dismissal //based //on //operational //reasons
//is /
/regarded /
/as //
a //"no /
/fault" /
,/dismissal /
/because //the //termination //does //not //result //from //the //actions //or //fault //of //the //employee.
FOUR /
/BROAD /
/CATEGORIES /
/OF //OPERATIONAL //REQUIREMENTS //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1. //Economic //needs
2. //Technological //needs
3. //structural //needs
4. //similar //needs
TECHNOLOGICAL /
/NEEDS //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Refer /
/to /
/the /
/introduction /
/of /
/new /
/technology, /
/for //example, //machinery /// //computers //that //lead //to //the //redundancy //of //employees;
STRUCTURAL /
/NEEDS //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Relate /
/to /
/the /
/redundancy /
,/of /
/posts /
/consequent /
/to /
/the /
/restructuring /
/of //an //employer's //enterprise, //which //might //be, //for //example, //as //a //result //of //a //merger.
SIMILAR /
/NEEDS //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/constitutes //
a/
/broad /
/category /
/that /
/has /
/to //be //determined //with //reference //to //the //specific //circumstances //of //each //case. //- //examples
//- //incompatibility //and //breakdown //in //the //trust //relationship.
NUMBER /
/OF /
/EMPLOYEES /
/AFFECTED /
/AND //OPERATIONAL //REASONS //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //- //big //and //small //employers
- //large- //and //small-scale //retrenchments
BIG //EMPLOYER //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //- //employs //more //that //50 //employees
SMALL /
/EMPLOYER //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //- //employer //that //employs //fewer //than //50 //employees
, LARGE-
SCALE /
/RETRENCHMENT //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/1. /
/employer /
/employs /
/more //than //50 //but //not //more //than //200 //employees //and //10 //employees //are //dismissed; //or
2. /
/the /
/employer /
/employs /
/more /
/than //200, //but //not //more //than //300 //employees, //and //20 //employees //are //dismissed, //or
3. /
/the /
/employer /
/employs /
/more /
/than //300, //but //not //more //than //400 //employees, //and //30 //employees //are //dismissed, //or
4. /
/the /
/employer /
/employs /
/more /
/than //400, //but //not //more //than //500 //employees, //and //40 //employees //are //dismissed, //or
5. //the //employer //employs //more //than //500 //employees, //and //50 //employees //are //dismissed.
SUBSTANTIVE /
/FAIRNESS //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /