Thesis (MPA.) -- University of Limpopo, 2007 / Refer to the document

Employee organizations or trade unions play an important role in the labour relations of various institutions. A crucial function, amongst others, fulfilled by trade unions is their involvement on issues of grievance and disciplinary procedures in the workplace. This study aims to understand the perceptions of rank and file union members, particularly regarding the handling of grievance and disciplinary procedures. The study examines the understanding of the functioning of a union, as well as the approach of a union in representing its members during grievance and disciplinary procedures. In particular, the study looks at the challenges faced by the leadership of the union in dealing with the management of an institution during grievance and disciplinary procedures. Various circumstances which, lead to the lodging of grievances and the scheduling of disciplinary hearings in the workplace were observed. These circumstances could occur in any workplace of any given institution. It is for this very reason that the appropriate measures should be taken in resolving disputes. The measures should be followed and applied by the management of an institution when dealing with grievance and disciplinary procedures regarding its employees. Such procedures must be followed before an employee may be given a warning or be dismissed. Recognized unions represent their members during such proceedings. This study analyzes the understanding of labour relations, regarding issues of grievance and disciplinary procedures, as applied to a tertiary institution. The handling of these procedures and the experiences of union members, during their representation by a union, are assessed. Due to the diversity of scope and the composition of unions (representing both academic and non-academic staff members) which operate in a tertiary institution, the study was limited to one labour union. This research was conducted within the structure and scale of a single union (NEHAWU) operating in an institution. The study found that union representatives faced particular challenges while defending their members during disciplinary hearings. These challenges are apparent when union representatives are confronted by legal experts on labour matters. Union members expressed their dissatisfaction and their lack of confidence in their representatives during grievance and disciplinary proceedings. The union members rated the union poorly, particularly regarding the leadership of the union. They felt that more cases were lost than won. However, despite the low ratings, union members (in general) felt strongly about the right to belong to a union, believing that disciplinary processes were largely affected by “race”. This is simply because most of the union members were black subordinates serving under most white supervisors. AFRIKAANS : Werknemerorganisasies of vakbonde speel ’n belangrike rol in arbeidsverhoudinge in verskeie instellings. ’n Kritieke funksie, onder andere, wat deur vakbonde vervul word is hul betrokkenheid by griewe- en dissiplinêre prosedures in die werkplek. Hierdie studie beoog om die persepsies van gewone vakbondlede, in besonder met betrekking tot die hantering van griewe- en dissiplinêre prosedures te begryp. Die studie ondersoek die begrip van die funksionering van ’n vakbond, asook die benadering van ’n vakbond in die verteenwoordiging van lede tydens griewe- en dissiplinêre prosedures. In besonder, word die uitdagings wat die vakbondleierskap in die gesig staar in die oorlegpleging met bestuur tydens griewe- en dissiplinêre prosedures, oorweeg. Verskeie omstandighede wat tot die oplegging ’n grief en die skedulering van ’n disiplinêre verhoor in die werkplek, lei, is waargeneem. Hierdie omstandighede kan by enige werkplek in enige instelling ontstaan. Dit is om hierdie rede dat gepaste maatstawwe geneem moet word om sulke dispute op te los. Die maatstawwe behoort gevolg en toegepas te word deur die bestuur van die instelling wanneer griewe- en dissiplinêre prosedures, met betrekking tot werknemers, hanteer word. Sulke prosedures behoort gevolg te word voordat ’n werknemer ’n waarskuwing gegee of ontslaan word. Erkende vakbonde verteenwoordig hul lede tydens sulke prosedures. Die studie ontleed die begrip van arbeidsverhoudinge, met betrekking tot griewe- en dissiplinêre prosedures, soos deur ’n tersiêre instelling toegepas word. Die hantering van hierdie prosedures en die ervaringe van vakbondlede gedurende hul verteenwoordiging deur die vakbond word geasseseer. As gevolg van die omvang van reikwydte en die samestelling van vakbonde (wat beide akademiese en nie-akademiese personeel verteenwoordig) wat in die tersiêre instelling funksioneer, is die studie beperk tot een vakbond. Die navorsing is onderneem binne die struktuur en skaal van ’n enkele vakbond (NEHAWU) wat in die instelling werksaam is. Die studie het bevind dat vakbond verteenwoordigers bepaalde uitdagings in die gesig gestaar het in die verteenwoordiging van hul lede tydens dissiplinêre verhore. Hierdie uitdagings is duidelik wanneer die vakbond verteenwoordiger gekonfronteer word deur regskenners oor arbeidsaangeleenthede. Vakbondlede het hul misnoeë uitgespreek en min vertroue in hul verteenwoordigers tydens griewe- en dissiplinêre prosedures geopper. Vakbondlede het die unie, in besonder die leierskap, as swak beoordeel. Hulle voel dat meer sake verloor as gewen is. Ten spyte van hierdie lae taksering, voel vakbondlede sterk oor hul reg om aan ’n unie te behoort (in die algemeen), en glo hulle dat dissplinêre prosesse deur ‘ras’ beïvloed word. Dit is eenvoudig omdat meeste vakbondlede swart ondergeskiktes is wat onder wit toesighouers werk. 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A passagem do tempo sempre foi objeto de estudo, em todos os ramos do conhecimento humano. E é inegável que, em muitos deles o tempo é considerado irreversível1, por mais que a ciência a médica é um exemplo tente, por vezes driblá-lo; mas, no campo do Direito tal irreversibilidade pode vir em certos casos a ser afastada, como exemplo cite-se a possibilidade de retroatividade das leis. O mundo jurídico dá ao tempo compreendido em um sentido mais amplo um tratamento peculiar, o que não significa o desprezo pelo tempo natural, mas exatamente o oposto. Institutos como a prescrição visam dar a segurança jurídica necessária a uma sociedade na qual foram criadas relações jurídicas que após determinado lapso temporal serão mantidas, com fulcro na paz social. Neste trabalho procura-se demonstrar que muito embora esteja consagrado o princípio da supremacia do interesse público sobre o particular, a Administração Pública também se sujeita à inexorável passagem do tempo e a ela não apenas é adequada, como importante à aplicação da prescrição; mormente em seus processos administrativos disciplinares. O ordenamento jurídico não tem razão de existir, se não para organizar a sociedade e, diante disso, o estudo pretende demonstrar que a imprescritibilidade dos atos para quem quer que seja deve ser a exceção em uma estrutura social na qual se busca a paz e a tranquilidade, que virão necessariamente acompanhadas da segurança das relações jurídicas; e esta está umbilicalmente ligada ao fenômeno da prescrição. Se o bem comum é o sentido maior da existência do Estado, deve ser a todo tempo buscado, e para que seja alcançado mostra-se fundamental a segurança jurídica fundamento maior de existência da prescrição; em sentido inverso, sem a prescrição não há segurança jurídica, sem segurança jurídica não se pode estruturar um Estado Democrático. / The passage of time has always been the object of study in all branches of human knowledge. And it is undeniable that in many time is considered irreversible, whatever the science - the medical is an example - try sometimes dribble it, but in the field of Law that irreversibility may - in some cases - the be rejected, for example cite the possibility of retroactivity of laws. The legal world gives to the time - understood in a broader sense - a unique treatment, which does not mean contempt for the natural time, but exactly the opposite. Institutes such as the requirement to seek the necessary legal certainty to a society in which legal relations that have been established - after certain time period - will be maintained, with focus on peace. This work seeks to demonstrate that - but is enshrined the principle of supremacy of public interest on the individual, the government is also subject to the inexorable passage of time and it is not only appropriate, as an important application of the exhaustion; especially in its administrative disciplinary proceedings. The legal system has no reason to exist, if not for coordinating the people and, before that, the study seeks to show that the no exhaustion acts - to whoever - should be the exception in a social structure which seeks peace and tranquility, which will necessarily accompanied by security of legal relations, and this is in a very close way linked to the phenomenon of exhaustion. If the common good is the greatest sense of the existence of the State, should be sought at any time, and that is achieved it is essential to legal security - higher ground of existence of the exhaustion; in the other way, without exhaustion we wont have a secure legal system and certainty, without that will be impossible to build a real Democracy.

A passagem do tempo sempre foi objeto de estudo, em todos os ramos do conhecimento humano. E é inegável que, em muitos deles o tempo é considerado irreversível1, por mais que a ciência a médica é um exemplo tente, por vezes driblá-lo; mas, no campo do Direito tal irreversibilidade pode vir em certos casos a ser afastada, como exemplo cite-se a possibilidade de retroatividade das leis. O mundo jurídico dá ao tempo compreendido em um sentido mais amplo um tratamento peculiar, o que não significa o desprezo pelo tempo natural, mas exatamente o oposto. Institutos como a prescrição visam dar a segurança jurídica necessária a uma sociedade na qual foram criadas relações jurídicas que após determinado lapso temporal serão mantidas, com fulcro na paz social. Neste trabalho procura-se demonstrar que muito embora esteja consagrado o princípio da supremacia do interesse público sobre o particular, a Administração Pública também se sujeita à inexorável passagem do tempo e a ela não apenas é adequada, como importante à aplicação da prescrição; mormente em seus processos administrativos disciplinares. O ordenamento jurídico não tem razão de existir, se não para organizar a sociedade e, diante disso, o estudo pretende demonstrar que a imprescritibilidade dos atos para quem quer que seja deve ser a exceção em uma estrutura social na qual se busca a paz e a tranquilidade, que virão necessariamente acompanhadas da segurança das relações jurídicas; e esta está umbilicalmente ligada ao fenômeno da prescrição. Se o bem comum é o sentido maior da existência do Estado, deve ser a todo tempo buscado, e para que seja alcançado mostra-se fundamental a segurança jurídica fundamento maior de existência da prescrição; em sentido inverso, sem a prescrição não há segurança jurídica, sem segurança jurídica não se pode estruturar um Estado Democrático. / The passage of time has always been the object of study in all branches of human knowledge. And it is undeniable that in many time is considered irreversible, whatever the science - the medical is an example - try sometimes dribble it, but in the field of Law that irreversibility may - in some cases - the be rejected, for example cite the possibility of retroactivity of laws. The legal world gives to the time - understood in a broader sense - a unique treatment, which does not mean contempt for the natural time, but exactly the opposite. Institutes such as the requirement to seek the necessary legal certainty to a society in which legal relations that have been established - after certain time period - will be maintained, with focus on peace. This work seeks to demonstrate that - but is enshrined the principle of supremacy of public interest on the individual, the government is also subject to the inexorable passage of time and it is not only appropriate, as an important application of the exhaustion; especially in its administrative disciplinary proceedings. The legal system has no reason to exist, if not for coordinating the people and, before that, the study seeks to show that the no exhaustion acts - to whoever - should be the exception in a social structure which seeks peace and tranquility, which will necessarily accompanied by security of legal relations, and this is in a very close way linked to the phenomenon of exhaustion. If the common good is the greatest sense of the existence of the State, should be sought at any time, and that is achieved it is essential to legal security - higher ground of existence of the exhaustion; in the other way, without exhaustion we wont have a secure legal system and certainty, without that will be impossible to build a real Democracy.

En observant l’activité disciplinaire de l’administration, nous remarquons qu’il y beaucoup de cas où on a transgressé clairement les exigences et les garanties données par le législateur en faveur du fonctionnaire durant la procédure disciplinaire. En effet, l’importance de cette étude et ses objectifs sont les suivants :- Les garanties disciplinaires occupent une place importante dans la fonction publique, car ce sont elles qui protègent les droits du fonctionnaire qui fait l’objet d’une enquête disciplinaire et qui limitent l’arbitraire et l’extrémisme de l’administration vis-à-vis à ses employés, afin de réaliser une enquête disciplinaire juste. Etudier et démontrer la valeur juridique des garanties disciplinaires destinées à assurer la protection du fonctionnaire, notamment à notre époque où le nombre de fonctionnaires, en Libye, a dépassé, selon les dernières statistiques, le seuil de million de fonctionnaires ; ce qui fait d’eux la plus grande catégorie socioprofessionnelle. L’intervention de l’Etat pour satisfaire les besoins de ses citoyens se fait à travers les services publics dont l’efficacité repose sur celle du fonctionnaire. Et étant donné que le principe de l’efficacité exige l’octroi à l’administration d’un certain pouvoir disciplinaire pour sanctionner le fonctionnaire fautif, sécuriser l’emploi et rassurer l’employé sont également nécessaires, afin de stimuler ses ambitions et améliorer ses performances. C’est pourquoi l’existence du principe de la garantie et le fait de trouver l’équilibre entre ce principe et celui de l’efficacité est nécessaire. Cette étude a visé, également, à informer les fonctionnaires qu’il existe beaucoup de garanties pour lesquelles ils doivent être informés afin de pouvoir protéger leurs droits au cas où ils font l’objet des sanctions disciplinaires, alors qu’une grande majorité d’eux n’a aucune autre source financière à part leurs salaires. Car ils peuvent perdre leur traitement, cela est prévu par la loi en cas de suspension pendant la procédure disciplinaire ou pour toujours en cas de révocation. Enfin, l’intérêt de cette étude consiste, aussi, dans le fait qu’elle compare deux systèmes disciplinaires, à savoir le système libyen et le système français, tout en faisant référence à d’autres systèmes, afin d’identifier ses lacunes et proposer des solutions appropriées. Et cela éclaire, sans doute, le chemin devant les personnes chargées de faire évoluer les législations libyennes concernant la fonction publique. / In observing the disciplinary activity of the administration, we note that there are many cases where the requirements and guarantees given by the legislator in favor of the civil servant during the disciplinary procedure have been clearly violated.Indeed, the importance of this study and its objectives are as follows:Disciplinary safeguards play an important role in the public service, as they protect the rights of the civil servant who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation and limit the arbitrary and extremism of the administration vis-à-vis its employees, in order to conduct a fair disciplinary investigation.To study and demonstrate the legal value of the disciplinary guarantees intended to ensure the protection of the civil servant, especially in our time when the number of civil servants in Libya exceeded, according to the latest statistics, the threshold of millions of civil servants; This makes them the largest socio-professional category.The intervention of the State to satisfy the needs of its citizens is done through the public services whose efficiency depends on that of the official. And since the principle of efficiency requires the administration of a certain disciplinary power to sanction the offending official, secure the job and reassure the employee are also necessary, in order to stimulate his ambitions and improve his performance. That is why the existence of the principle of guarantee and the balancing of this principle with that of effectiveness is necessary.The study also aimed to inform public servants that there are many guarantees for which they must be informed in order to protect their rights in case they are subject to disciplinary sanctions, when a large majority of them have no other financial source besides their salaries. Because they may lose their treatment, this is provided by law in case of suspension during disciplinary proceedings or for always in case of revocation.In the fact that it compares two disciplinary systems, namely the Libyan and French systems, while making reference to other systems, in order to identify its shortcomings and propose appropriate solutions. And this undoubtedly illuminates the way for those responsible for the evolution of Libyan legislation concerning the public service.

L'objet de la thèse, préparée dans le cadre de la convention de co-tutelle entre l’Université de Trento en Italie et l’Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense en France, consiste dans une analyse comparée du rôle de la déontologie médicale dans les sources du droit en Italie, France et Allemagne. Le spectre d’analyse adopté est double. On cherche d’abord à rendre compte des aspects architecturaux des rapports entre droit et déontologie médicale ; ce faisant, on concentre l’analyse sur les modalités de la codification de l’éthique professionnelle en France, en Allemagne et en Italie, sur le pouvoir normatif des ordres professionnels, et sur la valeur juridique des codes de déontologie médicale et leur intégration dans le système des sources du droit. En second lieu, on cherche, dans une perspective plus substantielle, à comprendre les relations entre droit et déontologie, et notamment le rôle de la déontologie médicale dans le domaine du biodroit. Ce spectre d’analyse est en outre élargi à la procédure disciplinaire et à la perspective européenne. La première partie de la thèse est dédiée à certaines remarques préliminaires et notamment à un effort de définition de la déontologie médicale, à certaines « questions ouvertes » de son rapport avec le droit et à la relation, en perspective comparée, entre langue et droit dans la signification du mot « déontologie ». La seconde partie est dédiée à la codification de l’éthique professionnelle, alors que le rôle de la déontologie médicale dans le biodroit est l’objet de la troisième partie. La quatrième partie concerne la procédure disciplinaire et, finalement, la cinquième partie est dédiée à la reconstruction et l’analyse critique des résultats de la comparaison, à la perspective européenne et à la proposition d’un nouveau modèle italien des rapports entre le droit et la déontologie médicale. / The thesis aims at analysing, from a comparative perspective, the role of medical ethics in Italy, France and Germany. The survey focuses on both the formal and substantive aspects of the relationships between law and medical ethics. As to the first issue, the thesis analyses the codification of medical ethics, the normative function of the medical councils, the binding value of the codes of medical ethics and their position in the hierarchy of norms. With regard to the second aspect, the role of medical ethics is studied from a more substantial perspective, analysing the concrete interrelations between law and medical ethics in the field of biolaw. The survey is then extended to the disciplinary procedure and to the European level. In the first part, the relationships between law and medical ethics are analysed from a linguistic perspective, aiming at underlining some specific features of the concepts referred to as “déontologie”, “deontologia” or “Standesrecht” and “Berufsordnung” in France, Italy and Germany. This part also deals with some “open questions” characterising the relationships between medical ethics and the law. The second part concerns the codification of medical ethics, while its role in the field of biolaw is analysed in the third part. The fourth part deals with deontological liability and disciplinary procedures. Lastly, the fifth part aims at elaborating a theoretical reconstruction of the results of the comparative analysis, at highlighting the main roles of medical ethics at the European level and at suggesting a different model for the relationships between law and medical ethics in the Italian system. / L’obiettivo della tesi è un’analisi comparata del ruolo della deontologia medica nel sistema delle fonti del diritto in Italia, Francia e Germania. Per tenere conto della complessità del rapporto tra diritto e deontologia, sono stati analizzati sia gli aspetti formali di tale rapporto, sia i profili sostanziali del ruolo della deontologia medica nel biodiritto. Nella prima parte alcune considerazioni preliminari e l’analisi linguistica hanno permesso di definire l’ambito di indagine e i profili di maggiore complessità del rapporto tra dimensione deontologica e dimensione giuridica sui quali nelle parti successive si è concentrata l’indagine. La seconda parte, dedicata alla codificazione dell’etica medica, ha messo in luce la varietà di soluzioni e di modalità di ingresso della norma deontologica nell’ordinamento giuridico. Nella terza parte sono stati analizzati il ruolo della deontologia medica nell’ambito del biodiritto e l’influenza di alcuni fattori particolarmente rilevanti sull’evoluzione dei contenuti concreti dei codici deontologici e sulla loro portata pratica. La quarta parte è dedicata alla violazione della deontologia e ai procedimenti disciplinari. Infine la parte conclusiva contiene una ricostruzione teorica dei risultati emersi dall’analisi comparata, lo studio di alcuni profili legati alla dimensione europea della deontologia e la proposta di alcune ipotesi di riforma per un modello italiano più coerente, flessibile ed efficace dei rapporti tra diritto e deontologia.

La pratique de la médecine en centre hospitalier est encadrée par une variété de normes qui résultent en un contrôle des activités cliniques du médecin. Ce mémoire présente une analyse du régime instauré par la Loi sur les services de santé et les services sociaux et ses règlements afin de dégager les différents mécanismes de contrôle des activités du médecin exerçant en centre hospitalier. La pratique du médecin sera fonction de son intégration à la structure administrative du centre hospitalier, telle que notamment prévue par un plan d’organisation et des ressources et un plan des effectifs médicaux et dentaires. Ces plans contiennent des balises générales qui auront à être considérées par l’établissement dès le recrutement de médecins et témoignent d’une préoccupation du législateur d’assurer une distribution cohérente de l’offre de soins et de services de santé à l’échelle de la province. Le rattachement du médecin à un département par l’octroi d’un statut et de privilèges de pratique rendra applicable une normativité particulière, mise en œuvre par le chef de département clinique, par exemple la liste de garde et les règles d’utilisation des ressources médicales et matérielles. La validité et les effets de la pratique par laquelle les médecins réaménagent entre eux l’exécution des obligations qui leur incombent par des ententes variées sera également abordée à la lumière de récents développements jurisprudentiels sur la question. La mise en place d’un mécanisme de traitement des plaintes et d’une procédure disciplinaire en centre hospitalier sera également abordée ainsi que la situation des différentes parties impliquées, tant en ce qui a trait aux garanties juridiques applicables que relativement à la possibilité de recours administratifs ou auprès du Tribunal administratif du Québec. / The practice of medicine in a hospital center is subordinate to the application of various rules purporting to the control of the clinical activities of physicians. This thesis intends to offer a detailed analysis of the regulatory framework as provided for in the Act respecting health services and social services and its by-laws. The main objective is to layout the administrative and disciplinary mechanisms of control of the clinical activities of physicians. Following his appointment, the physician will take place in an administrative structure as delineated in the organization plan and medical staffing plan of the hospital. These plans are guidelines to be considered by the institutions while recruiting physicians, and tend to show a legislative intent to efficiently allocate the offer for health care services throughout the province of Quebec. The physician’s reporting to a clinical department gives rise to the application of specific regulations set up by the department head such as the duty roster or the rules governing the use of medical and material resources of the department. This study will address the validity of various agreements by the means of which physicians adjust the execution of their obligations, in the light of recent developments in case-law. The law provides for a disciplinary procedure as well as a procedure relating to the examination of complaints concerning a physician. This study will also address the due process applicable, the situation of the concerned parties, as well as the possibility of recourse to the Quebec Administrative Tribunal.

Le présent travail intitulé « La procédure devant les tribunaux ecclésiastiques de l’Église de Grèce : une analyse nomocanonique de la loi étatique 5383/1932 », ambitionne d’être la première monographie consacrée à la Loi 5383/1932, loi concernant les tribunaux ecclésiastiques grecs, dite aussi, d’après la définition du Conseil d’État, loi du droit disciplinaire ecclésiastique. Elle concerne 82 métropoles et l’archevêché d’Athènes. La procédure disciplinaire est une procédure judiciaire ; elle consiste en un procès au cours duquel doivent être appliqués tous les principes d’un procès juste. Ces tribunaux aussi doivent offrir la garantie d’un jugement juste. Le critère consiste à savoir s’ils saisissent une différence selon les règles du droit, avec compétence pour cette différence dans le cadre d’une procédure préétablie. La Loi 5383/1932 est un texte juridique et, pour la traiter, nous avons appliqué les méthodes juridiques et canoniques, dites nomocanoniques, d’analyse et d’interprétation. / The present work bears the title, «The Procedure before the Ecclesiastical (Church) Courts of the Church of Greece: A nomocanonical analysis of the state law 5383/1932» which aspires to constitute the first monograph devoted to Law 5383/1932, a law that concerns the Greek Ecclesiastical courts, or better yet, the law regarding ecclesiastical disciplinary law according to the case law of the Council of State. This law concerns 82 metropolises (cathedrals) and the archdiocese of Athens. The disciplinary procedure is a judicial procedure that entails a hearing during which all of the principles of a fair trial must be applied. These courts owe a duty to offer the guarantees of a fair trial. The criterion is to know whether they are vindicating a difference with the rules of law having jurisdiction over this difference in the context of an existing procedure. Law 5383/1932 is a legal text and, in order to analyze it, we have used the legal and Canon law methods otherwise known as legal rule analysis and interpretation.

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