by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 3, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Contracts, Corporate, CROSS-EXAMINATION, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
Making unsupported allegations of unfairness against employers can be costly. This is partly because the CCMA, Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court, and bargaining councils deal with approximately180 000 cases per year and do not have time to waste on dealing with false...
by Ivan Israelstam | Sep 26, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Contracts, Corporate, CROSS-EXAMINATION, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
Some time ago I was asked by an employer to assist with preparing for a Labour Court review case. The employer had dismissed the employee for theft, but the CCMA had forced the employer to reinstate him. I was puzzled by the CCMA’s decision because, on discussing the...
by Ivan Israelstam | Sep 19, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Contracts, Corporate, CROSS-EXAMINATION, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
South African labour law requires all discipline to be corrective rather than punitive. When an employer disciplines an employee twice for the very same incident of misconduct the CCMA is likely to see this as punitive. It is only under highly exceptional...
by Ivan Israelstam | Aug 3, 2021 | CCMA, Corporate, Disciplinary Charges, Disciplinary Hearing, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
Section 186 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) gives every employee the right not to be unfairly dismissed or to be subjected to unfair labour practices. Schedule 8 of the LRA provides that “The employee should be entitled to a reasonable time to prepare the...
