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Practical, plain-language articles on sick notes, medical certificates and verification in South African workplaces.

How to check if a sick note is genuine in South Africa

Practice checks, document details and how to compare the fields in a signed QR summary.

6 signs to check on a doubtful sick note or medical certificate

The checklist employers and HR actually use — practice-number mismatches, impossible dates, edited fonts.

Sick notes and the law: what SA employers can actually require

The BCEA section 23 rules in plain language — when a certificate is required and who may sign one.

How to check a doctor's registration — and why that alone doesn't verify a sick note

HPCSA and practice-number lookups, plus why identity checks and signed-summary checks are separate.

Sick-note fraud at work: how it actually happens — and how to stop it

The three routes fake certificates take into a workplace, why stamps prove nothing, and the policy that works.

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