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 | Feb 19, 2021 | CCMA, COVID-19, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Remote Working
The most frequent question I am asked is, “How do we productively manage employees working from home?” This question is not only important during the lockdown. It will also be crucial post lockdown because the working from home trend will, in many cases, continue...
by Ivan Israelstam | Feb 12, 2021 | CCMA, CON-ARB, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act
Employers and employees need to look very carefully at notices to attend the CCMA in order to see what type of process has been set down. No party wants to arrive at CCMA thinking that they will only be facing only a mediation process and then find that the court case...
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 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Vaccination
Twenty-twenty was a year of terror at workplaces because of the physical and financial dangers posed by Covid-19. Due to the fact that the roll out of the vaccine will be slow we can expect 2021 to be as terrifying as was 2020, if not even more so. This is because...
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...
