Legal Matters: Presenting fake or false Qualification and what the ramifications are.

This evening on Legal Matters we look at the issue of presenting false qualification and what the repercussions are. In South Africa, presenting a fraudulent qualification or claiming a qualification or experience you do not have is a criminal offence, in terms of the National Qualifications Authority Amendment Act 12 of 2019, The National Qualifications Framework Amendment Act, which came into effect on August 2019, is designed to ensure that employees are not bamboozled by false qualification claims. It also aims to preserve the integrity of the institutions that grant degrees.  And lying on your social media pages, such as LinkedIn, is as punishable an offence as presenting a fake qualification on a CV addressed to a potential employer. The act states that criminal prosecution can result when a person “falsely or fraudulently claims to be holding a qualification or part-qualification registered on the NQF or awarded by an education institution, skills development provider, QC or obtained from a lawfully recognised foreign institution”. To educate us further on this we’re joined by Galeboe Modisapodi, Employment Relations & Employee Benefits Consultant, Accredited Commercial Mediator who’s Partnered with Molatudi Advisory Services (MAS).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.