by Ivan Israelstam | Jul 18, 2016 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Unfair Dismissals
BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on e-mail address: ivan@labourlawadvice.co.za. Web address: www.labourlawadvice.co.za. This article first appeared in The Star. A while...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jul 5, 2016 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Unfair Dismissals
Making dismissal stick requires legal know how We too often hear the shout from business owners and managers: “Get rid of him now; we’ll worry about the law later!” Little do they realise that ‘the costs’ they are shouting about could be immense. This is especially so...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jun 29, 2016 | CCMA, Corporate, Labour Law
Despite South Africa’s employment equity legislation, the biases and discrimination that characterised the ‘old South Africa’ still exists in the hearts and minds of many people. Such unfair discrimination could include, but is not limited to, discrimination on...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jun 24, 2016 | Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Employers use alternative and temporary labour sources for numerous reasons including: Permanent employees are away on annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave or other leave and the remaining staff cannot cope with all the work Work volumes have increased...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jun 15, 2016 | Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Unfair Dismissals
Item 4(1) of the Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (the Code) attached to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states, in effect, that the employer should conduct an investigation and allow the employee to state a case in response to disciplinary allegations as part of the...
