by Ivan Israelstam | May 7, 2017 | CCMA, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
The current international and South African climate is causing a large number of companies to experience severe financial difficulties. Customer orders are waning, budgets are being cut, profits are dwindling, cash flows are tightening and it is becoming increasingly...
by Ivan Israelstam | Apr 4, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
An integral element of an employment relationship is the need for and the right of the employer and employee to trust each other. This is a two-way street and either party could forgo his/her right to continue the employment by destroying the trust relationship. Thus,...
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 | Feb 22, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
The legal procedures that an employer is required to follow in implementing dismissals for misconduct, retrenchments and poor work performance are all different. For instance, it is not normally acceptable to use the procedure laid down for retrenchments in order to...
