Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012)NoticesImplementation of the Reviewed Language Policy for the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment8. Internal Verbal Communication |
| 8.1 | Internal disciplinary hearings, job interviews and performance assessments in the DFFE may be conducted in the preferred official language of the employee other than English subject to paragraph 7.2 if all employees in the verbal communication speak the same common language and it has been mutually agreed by all participants that the verbal communication may continue in the chosen language. English translations of any documents or audio recordings emanating from the verbal communication mentioned above should accompany the original documentation or audio recordings as the language of record. |
| 8.2 | All official verbal intradepartmental and interdepartmental communication of the DFFE will be conducted in plain English as the language of record of the DFFE. An interpreting service (liaison or otherwise) into one or more of the languages in the table in paragraph 7.1 will be made available on request and subject to paragraph 7.2. If all employees in the verbal communication (for example, an internal meeting) speak the same common language, the meeting may be held in that language if every person in the meeting is in agreement, but the record of that interaction should be in plain English and any required indigenous language(s). |