by Ivan Israelstam | May 30, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Employees do not ordinarily have an automatic entitlement to a pay increase or to advancement up the corporate ladder. However, the Labour Relations Act (LRA) does allow employees who have been passed over for promotion to lodge an unfair labour practice dispute at...
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 | Nov 18, 2014 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Unfair Dismissals
It is a common erroneous belief amongst employers that they protect themselves by employing staff without a letter or contract. In fact, the converse is true. The law does not make signed employment contracts compulsory but the Basic Conditions of Employment Act...
