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Podcast: Kyeezi
Episode: Can drinking and driving cost you your job? Hedda Schensema, Director in Employment Law at CDH
Description: As we enter the festive season, which officially kicked off at the start of December, we can notice the increase in people’s festive cheer and good spirits. This typically goes hand-in-hand with the consumption of alcohol and a subsequent spike in drunk driving incidents on the South African roads. Whilst the prospect of an arrest and possible prosecution seems daunting (although clearly not enough of a deterrent for those who indulge in this reckless behaviour), what of the additional concern of possibly losing one’s job as a result of an arrest related to driving under the i...