by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 24, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Corporate, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
Many employers like using Dereliction of Duty as a disciplinary charge when they want to inflict strong punishment on employees because: the phrase ‘dereliction of duty has a serious and damaging ring to it; and the penalty for a first offense of gross dereliction of...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 17, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Corporate, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Brokers, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act
Labour brokers and temp. agencies employ hundreds of thousands of people in South Africa and are referred to in the LRA as “temporary employment services” (TES). Many of these employers have not fully realised that the labour laws applying to other employers apply...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 10, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Corporate, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, GROSS MISCONDUCT, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
Labour legislation in South Africa is heavily weighted in favour of employees. The heavy protection of employees against being dismissed makes it very difficult for employers to run efficient workplaces. This in turn compromises the ability of businesses to grow and...
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 | 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...
