by Ivan Israelstam | Apr 20, 2021 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, MISUNDERSTAND LEGAL TERMS, Sale of a Business
Due to our country’s economic recession closures of SA businesses are increasing. Perhaps the worst of the negative effects of such closures is the wholesale loss of the jobs involving the employees of the business. Sometimes the struggling company is taken over...
by Ivan Israelstam | Apr 13, 2021 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, MISUNDERSTAND LEGAL TERMS
It is understandable that employers assume that employees who confess to misconduct can be automatically fired. However, there are numerous reasons why this is not true. For example: Even where the employee does confess, he/she is still entitled to a proper hearing. ...
by Ivan Israelstam | Mar 17, 2021 | CCMA, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
There has been an alarming increase in the number of calls we have received from employers who have retrenched employees and are being taken to the CCMA, bargaining council or Labour Court. With the effect of the Covid lockdown, the uncertainty of the international...
by Ivan Israelstam | Mar 9, 2021 | CCMA, Labour Court, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, MISUNDERSTAND LEGAL TERMS
The legal term ‘prejudice’ has caused some confusion amongst employers and employees because it can be used in several different ways. In fact, the word ‘prejudice’ has four different meanings. In particular, all employers need to understand these meanings in the...
by Ivan Israelstam | Feb 1, 2021 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Tools
South African labour legislation gives employees very strong rights including the right to join trade unions, go on strike, have a fair disciplinary hearing, protection from unfair demotions, be promoted under certain circumstances, minimum wages in many cases, sick...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jan 18, 2021 | CCMA, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Relations Act
The concept of reasonableness has a strong subjective element. For instance, a salary increase of 50 % might seem reasonable to me if I have been earning a lot less than my colleagues. However, if my employer does not want to set a precedent of giving 50% increases...
