by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 2, 2015 | Corporate, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Tools
Employees who report employers for committing illegal or otherwise irregular acts are protected, in the first instance, by the Constitution of South Africa. Specifically, section 16 of the Bill of Rights gives everyone the right to freedom of expression and to impart...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 19, 2015 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Training
Early last year I informed readers of the CCMA’s decision to draft a set of guidelines on Misconduct Arbitrations in terms of the provisions of the Labour Relations Act (LRA). These guidelines were implemented in January 2012. The stated purpose of these guidelines is...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 12, 2015 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
‘NEDLAC’ stands for the National Economic Development and Labour Council. This is a high level forum where, amongst other things, legislation regarding labour and economic development issues is debated and formed in preparation for enactment in Parliament. This body...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 5, 2015 | CCMA, Corporate, Labour Law, Labour Law Debate with Ivan Israelstam, Labour Law for Employers, Training
Case law reveals countless reasons given by CCMA arbitrators for an employer’s dismissal decision to be deemed unfair. For example, in the case of Moloi vs Quthing Construction and Developers CK (2007, 8 BALR 720) the accused was given a final warning after he had...
by Ivan Israelstam | Sep 14, 2015 | Job Grading
The new section 6(4) of the Equity Act (EEA) effective from 1 August 2014 classifies as unfair discrimination differing terms and conditions of employment where: this difference is based on the grounds for unfair discrimination listed in the EEA and the employees...
by Ivan Israelstam | Sep 14, 2015 | Uncategorised
The CCMA has updated its guidelines on misconduct dismissal arbitrations in terms of the provisions of the Labour Relations Act (LRA). Despite the fact that these guidelines have been in existence since January 2012 many employers are still not familiar with them. The...
by Ivan Israelstam | Aug 31, 2015 | Uncategorised
The provisions of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) make the implementation of retrenchment difficult and turns large scale retrenchments a nightmare for employers. Section 189 of the LRA lays down a number of strict requirements, the breach of which would normally place...
by Ivan Israelstam | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorised
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 | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorised
Many employers, when considering dismissal, do not mind taking into account the fact that the guilty employee has long service. However, having weighed this against the seriousness of the offence and aggravating factors, the employer should be allowed, within reason,...
by Ivan Israelstam | Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorised
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...
