720 Assault as a form of misconduct

Description

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720P Assault as a form of misconduct

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The elements of assault
3. It was the employee who committed the assault; there was no assault
4. The degree of contact
5. The intention to assault
6. Relevance of the assault to the workplace
7. Reasonableness, validity, awareness of the rule and consistency in its application
8. Provocation
9. Self defence
10. The appropriate sanction