by Ivan Israelstam | Mar 28, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Training
Pregnant employees are strongly protected under South African law. There are no fewer than six pieces of legislation that require employers to treat pregnant and post-pregnant employees with the greatest of care. One of these pieces of legislation is the Code Of Good...
by Ivan Israelstam | Mar 14, 2016 | CCMA, Corporate, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments
The Labour Relations Act of 1995 (LRA) makes it very easy for employees to challenge alleged unfair dismissals and other unfair practices at private or statutory dispute resolution forums. Such disputes may, by agreement, be dealt with via private (non-statutory)...
by Ivan Israelstam | Feb 22, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
The legal procedures that an employer is required to follow in implementing dismissals for misconduct, retrenchments and poor work performance are all different. For instance, it is not normally acceptable to use the procedure laid down for retrenchments in order to...
by Ivan Israelstam | Feb 15, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Section 158 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) gives the Labour Court the power to issue interdicts preventing employers, employees or trade unions from proceeding with threatened or current actions. A distinction should be drawn between an interdict and a writ....
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 2, 2015 | Corporate, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Tools
Employees who report employers for committing illegal or otherwise irregular acts are protected, in the first instance, by the Constitution of South Africa. Specifically, section 16 of the Bill of Rights gives everyone the right to freedom of expression and to impart...
