by Ivan Israelstam | Jun 21, 2019 | CCMA, Contracts, Employees, Job Grading, Labour Relations Act
South African employers often lose at CCMA and bargaining councils in cases relating to fixed-term contracts. A key reason for this is that employers do not understand the legal purpose of fixed-term contracts and the circumstances under which they are safe to...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 30, 2015 | CCMA, Corporate, Employees, Job Grading, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Angry employers too often fire employees on the spot for having broken workplace rules, or for doing poor work. This is understandable in circumstances where the employee has seriously messed up a business deal, damaged equipment, lost crucial information, committed a...
by Ivan Israelstam | Sep 14, 2015 | Job Grading
The new section 6(4) of the Equity Act (EEA) effective from 1 August 2014 classifies as unfair discrimination differing terms and conditions of employment where: this difference is based on the grounds for unfair discrimination listed in the EEA and the employees...
