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...
by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 17, 2020 | Contracts, Employees, Employment Contracts, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act
Conflicting court decisions’ ongoing concerns mean that we don’t know if we are coming or going Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) comes into effect where an undertaking (or part thereof or a service) of any kind is transferred by one employer to another...
by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 17, 2020 | CCMA, Dismissal, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act
Employers too often fail to ensure that the qualifications submitted by job candidates are genuine. Common law entitles employers to know all facts about a prospective employee that are relevant to a job application. That is, the employee is obliged to: Divulge...
by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 6, 2020 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Unfair Dismissals, Unfair Suspensions
South African labour law requires employers to afford employees numerous procedural rights before being dismissed for misconduct or poor performance. This includes the right to: prepare for the hearing the assistance of a representative an interpreter bring witnesses...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 20, 2020 | CCMA, Employees, Employment Contracts, Employment Equity Act, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Tools, Unfair Dismissals
The protection of employees reaches even beyond the actual consummation of the employment contract. That is, the courts have found that the employee is protected by labour law from the moment the employment contract is concluded even if the employee has not yet...
