by Ivan Israelstam | May 5, 2018 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Relations Act
The role of private arbitration in labour law is in the spotlight as we enter ‘strike season’.The huge losses resulting from the frequent, drawn out and violent brand of strikes in South Africa raise the question of how such conflict can be prevented. The...
by Ivan Israelstam | Feb 8, 2018 | CCMA, Labour Law, Unfair Dismissals
Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) says that dismissal is only appropriate for those serious offences that make “a continued employment relationship intolerable”. Such serious offences could include, for example, gross insubordination, endangering the safety...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 20, 2017 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Relations Act
During 2014 and 2015 the Department of Labour introduced a spate of new legislation with far reaching significance for employers. These major amendments have increased the already powerful stranglehold that legislation had on productive business management and...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 13, 2017 | CCMA, Unfair Dismissals
Workplace fraud, by its nature, is a secretive act. It is a type of dishonesty that is normally committed in such a way that its very existence is concealed. Collins Concise Dictionary defines fraud as “deliberate deception, trickery or cheating intended to gain an...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jul 17, 2017 | Corporate, Employees
BY Ivan Israelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on e-mail address: ivan@labourlawadvice.co.za. The Labour Relations Act (LRA), in its definition section says that an employee is someone...
